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Pandemic politics The Halloween health scare continues to haunt the nation well into November as people are dying from flu and other respiratory diseases, as politicians play the blame game.
November 05, 2009 at 21:11 | Staff reports
Swine flu outbreak heats up presidential election fever Presidential contenders are trying to outcompete each other using the epidemic for self-promotion and condemnation of the opponents.
November 05, 2009 at 21:08 | James Marson
Klitschko: Chernovetsky runs Kyiv ‘all for personal gain’ Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine’s heavyweight boxing champion and opposition leader in the city council talks about Kyiv’s major problems and personal ambitions.
November 05, 2009 at 21:00 | Katya Gorchinskaya and Yuliya Popova
Ukrainian employee of U.S. Embassy in Kyiv suspected of involvement in visa-fraud scheme A ring of 20 people in the United States and five in Ukraine was uncovered that allegedly helped Ukrainian nationals to obtain visas to America in a fraudulent way.
November 05, 2009 at 20:57 | Mark Rachkevych
Neighbors remember famine Visiting Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko commemorated the victims of mass famine in Ukraine in 1932-33 on Nov. 4.
November 05, 2009 at 20:53
UNICEF recommends that Ukrainians extend breastfeeding of children as much as possible during spread of H1N1 The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has recommended that Ukrainians extend breastfeeding of children as much as possible during spread of the influenza A (H1N1), according to the fund's statement.
November 05, 2009 at 19:22 | Ukrainian News
Two swine flu cases confirmed in Lviv Laboratories have confirmed two cases of H1N1 virus in Lviv, chief of the municipal council's health department Volodymyr Zub has said.
November 05, 2009 at 19:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
Update: EU's Barroso warns Yushchenko over gas flows, IMF BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The European Union urged Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Nov. 5 to prevent any delays in payments for Russian gas that might affect gas flows to EU citizens.
November 05, 2009 at 18:42 | Reuters
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is checking reports of the seizure of a Greek vessel, the Delvina, with seven Ukrainian crewmembers onboard.
November 05, 2009 at 17:59 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine and Belarus are planning to ask European institutions for a loan to implement a project to build a highway between Minsk and Kyiv as part of the Eastern Partnership initiative.
November 05, 2009 at 17:54 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lukashenko: No crisis in Belarusian-Russian relations The presence of some differences over certain issues in the Belarusian-Russian relations does not mean the Union State is in crisis, said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
November 05, 2009 at 17:38 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko: No shortage of anti-flu medicines at Ukrainian hospitals Kyiv, November 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has said that currently there are no shortages at Ukrainian hospitals of the medicines needed to treat flu and acute respiratory infections.
November 05, 2009 at 16:41 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kirovohrad region became next  to impose quarantine The Kirovohrad region has imposed quarantine because cases of influenza and other acute respiratory viral infections have almost reached the epidemic threshold, according toKirovohrad regional administration website.
November 05, 2009 at 15:50 | Ukrainian News
The Naftohaz Ukrainy national joint-stock company completed the comprehensive restructure of its foreign debt via the exchange of eurobonds and obligations on bilateral loans for single investment instruments on November 5, the press service of the company told the Ukrainian News agency.
November 05, 2009 at 15:12 | Ukrainian News
Rada toughens punishment for crimes on ground of racial, national, or religious hostility The Verkhovna Rada has toughened punishments for crimes committed on the ground of racial, national, or religious hostility.
November 05, 2009 at 14:41 | Ukrainian News