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Tymoshenko: World helping Ukraine to fight flu Countries around the world continue to help Ukraine in its fight against the spread of the epidemic of flu and acute respiratory illnesses.
Nov 11, 2009 at 22:05
Yushchenko signs law ratifying agreement on air traffic with Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has signed a law ratifying an inter-governmental agreement on air traffic with Bosnia and Herzegovina, the presidential press service reported on Wednesday.
Nov 11, 2009 at 21:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lytvyn: Inflating issue of flu epidemic in Ukraine benefits politicians, medics The racket over the flu epidemic will end on January 17, 2010, the day of presidential elections in Ukraine, said Verkhovna Rada speaker and presidential candidate Volodymyr Lytvyn.
Nov 11, 2009 at 21:09 | Interfax-Ukraine
Government makes progress on 3G conversion Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday passed a new procedure for the conversion of the use of the 2GHz radio frequency (RF) band to the provision of 3G mobile communications services, Serhiy Kolobov, the head of the National Communications Regulation Commission (NCRC), has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Nov 11, 2009 at 21:05 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko accuses Yushchenko over H1N1 swine flu Ukraine's president and prime minister hurled angry accusations at each other on Wednesday over ways of fighting an influenza epidemic, now a major factor in campaigning for a January election in which they are rivals.
Nov 11, 2009 at 20:46 | Reuters
Yushchenko hopes sailors from Ariana will soon be freed Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that talks on the release of Ukrainian sailors from the Ariana, a ship seized by Somali pirates on May 2, 2009, are continuing, and expressed hope that this question would soon be resolved.
Nov 11, 2009 at 20:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian bishop: Many Ukrainian dissenters willing to rejoin Moscow-run church Many of the members of the breakaway Ukrainian branch of the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church are willing to seek reunification between the so-called Kyiv Patriarchate and the Russian church, a Russian bishop said on Wednesday.
Nov 11, 2009 at 20:28 | Interfax-Ukraine
Government: flu epidemic in Ukraine not to influence preparations for Euro 2012 The flu epidemic in Ukraine will not influence preparations for the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers and Director of the Euro 2012 Coordination Bureau Illia Shevliak has said.
Nov 11, 2009 at 20:26 | Interfax-Ukraine
New factors drive Ukraine-Russia gas rhetoric Europe is bracing itself for the possibility of another New Year gas row between Russia and Ukraine, which last year led to supply cuts, leaving hundreds of thousands out in the cold and grinding some industry to a halt.
Nov 11, 2009 at 19:57 | Reuters
Tymoshenko: Government unable to fulfill social standards law Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has informed the ambassadors of the G8 countries that the Ukrainian government cannot fulfill the law on raising social standards in the country.
Nov 11, 2009 at 19:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine has been elected a member state of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law.
Nov 11, 2009 at 18:27 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine asking Europe not to link  610 million euro loan to fourth tranche of IMF loan The Ukrainian government has asked the European Commission not to link the allocation of a 610 million euro loan to the possible provision of the fourth tranche of a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a source in the Cabinet of Ministers has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Nov 11, 2009 at 18:07 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine among world's top ten weapon exporters in 2004-2008 Proceeds from the sale of the main types of weapons exported by Ukraine in 2008 totaled $233 million, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Nov 11, 2009 at 17:54 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko sees difficulties without IMF tranche Immediate economic prospects for Ukraine will be "extremely difficult" without a fourth $3.8 billion tranche of funds from the International Monetary Fund, Ukraine's prime minister said on Nov. 11.
Nov 11, 2009 at 17:00 | Reuters
The government of Ukraine has supported a proposal of the Paton Electric Welding Institute on introducing optically transparent energy-saving coatings for construction materials.
Nov 11, 2009 at 16:46 | Interfax-Ukraine