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RIA Novosti: Yushchenko says IMF will not extend loan tranche to Ukraine The Ukrainian president said Sunday the International Monetary Fund will not extend a regular tranche of its loan to Ukraine as the Yulia Tymoshenko government is not current on its commitments to the IMF. "I am convinced the IMF will not provide... the tranche to Ukraine as [the government] fully ignores the memorandum," Victor Yushchenko told Channel 5. Read the story here.
Nov 8, 2009 at 23:17
Kyiv Post classic: Murder silences maverick editor Ukraine in the 1990s was rife with gangster-style murders. Those who spoke out against the criminal gangland, and the official corruption behind the lawlessness, risked their lives. Murder silenced Vecharnyaya Odessa founder and editor Boris Derevyanko. Here is the Aug. 14, 1997, story, another of the Kyiv Post classics available free online in our searchable news archive.
Nov 8, 2009 at 23:01
On her website, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko calls on President Victor Yushchenko to sign the law allocating 1 billion Hr to finance measures to battle the flu epidemic and acute respiratory illnesses. Read the statement here.
Nov 8, 2009 at 22:10
Despite the deteriorating epidemiological situation and the high incidence of flu in Ukraine, people are still crossing the Slovak-Ukrainian border, spokesperson for the Border Police Directorate in Sobrance (Kosice region) Agnesa Kopernicka told TASR on Sunday. Read the story here.
Nov 8, 2009 at 19:22
RIA Novosti: Death toll from flu outbreak in Ukraine rises to 144 The death toll from the flu outbreak in Ukraine has risen to 144 cases, the country's Health Ministry reported on Sunday. According to the ministry, 15 regions in the ex-Soviet republic had already crossed the flu epidemic threshold while 11 provinces were close to it. Read the story here.
Nov 8, 2009 at 11:51
Pandemic claims 9 more, toll climbs to 144 Registered cases of flu-like sickness and acute respiratory illnesses (ARI) since October are nearing 1 million, according to the country’s Heath Ministry, which on Nov. 7 reported 936, 804 cases and 144 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic in October.
Nov 8, 2009 at 08:28 | Staff and wire reports
Slovakia tightens border with flu-hit Ukraine BRATISLAVA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Slovakia said on Saturday it would close all but one road border crossing with Ukraine on Sunday because of Ukraine's flu epidemic.
Nov 8, 2009 at 01:02 | Reuters