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Akhmetov: I could use boxing skills if refs wrong (Reuters) - Shakhtar Donetsk owner Rinat Akhmetov has warned Ukrainian referees he could use his old boxing skills if they do not play fair with the 2009 UEFA Cup winners.
Oct 28, 2009 at 16:38 | Reuters
PGO refuses to replace Pukach's lawyer, as requested by Gongadze's widow Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office has refused to replace the lawyer of the former head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's external surveillance department, Oleksiy Pukach, as requested by Valentyna Telychenko, the representative of murdered journalist Georgy Gongadze's wife Myroslava.
Oct 28, 2009 at 15:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lawyers: Regulations of draft bill on fighting child pornography a threat human rights The adoption of the law on fighting the spread of child pornography threatens the rights and freedoms of Ukrainian citizens, lawyers polled by Interfax-Ukraine have said.
Oct 28, 2009 at 14:14 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yuschenko to call on Ukrainians to form single Orthodox Church in Ukraine Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will address Ukrainians soon asking them to support the formation of a single Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
Oct 28, 2009 at 14:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
Bonuses on salaries of Ukrainian teachers and lecturers of vocational schools to be raised by 20 percent Bonuses on the official salaries of teachers and lecturers of vocational schools and colleges will be granted from January 1, 2010.
Oct 28, 2009 at 14:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
Experts: political and economic situation in Ukraine after election to directly impact stirring of housing real estate market The stirring up on the housing real estate market in Ukraine and in Kyiv, in particular, could be expected from March 2010 if the economic and political situation in the country after election were stable or by the end of next year if the situation were difficult, according to the head of the strategic consulting department at Kyiv-based Knight Frank LLC Ukraine, Natalia Pronina.
Oct 28, 2009 at 11:01
IMF, Ukraine’s trade unions discuss pensions and wages increase The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Ukraine Max Alier met on Tuesday with Ukraine’s trade unions leaders, who are concerned over the fund’s demands not to increase minimum pensions and wages.
Oct 28, 2009 at 10:28
Regions Party accuses IMF of intervening in Ukraine's domestic affairs Kyiv, October 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Regions Party has described the International Monetary Fund's insisting on the need to veto the law on a rise in social standardKyiv, October 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Regions Party has described the International Monetary Fund's insisting on the need to veto the law on a rise in social standards as intervention in Ukraine's domestic affairs.s as intervention in Ukraine's domestic affairs.
Oct 27, 2009 at 21:51 | Interfax-Ukraine
Seven die from complications after unknown flu type in Ternopil region Ternopil, October 27 (Interfax) - Seven people had died in the Ternopil region of Ukraine from complications caused by flu as of Monday, Bohdan Oniskiv, the head of the Ternopil regional administration's health department, said at a press conference.
Oct 27, 2009 at 21:21
Ukrainian foreign minister, European Parliament official discuss agenda of Ukraine-EU relations Kyiv, October 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko and Chairman of the European Parliament delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Pawel Kowal have discussed the agenda of relations between Ukraine and the European Union.
Oct 27, 2009 at 20:12
Kravchuk: Yushchenko to be Yanukovych's election tool Incumbent Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has become a tool of Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych by slandering Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, first Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk has said.
Oct 27, 2009 at 18:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tiahnybok files documents at CEC to register as presidential candidate Svoboda Association leader Oleh Tiahnybok has submitted to the Central Election Commission (CEC) the documents required for his registration as a presidential candidate, the commission's press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Oct 27, 2009 at 18:27 | Interfax-Ukraine
The Ukrainian Embassy in the United States has fully financed the treatment of its employees that are suspected to be suffering from swine flu, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Valeriy Dzhyhun has said.
Oct 27, 2009 at 17:52
Democratic Front party declares change of name to Front for Change The Democratic Front political party has officially declared a change in its name and leader, the press service of the Justice Ministry of Ukraine has reported on Tuesday.
Oct 27, 2009 at 17:00
Secretary: Yushchenko to present his election program on Sofiyska Square on Sunday Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is to present his election program on Sofiyska Square in Kyiv, his press secretary Iryna Vannykova said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.
Oct 27, 2009 at 16:49