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Greek fans not coming to support their national team in Donetsk due to flu epidemic in Ukraine Greek fans who bought 1,000 tickets for the second leg of the 2010 World Cup play-off between Ukraine and Greece have refused to travel to Donetsk due to the flu outbreak in Ukraine, Director General of CJSC Ukraine Football International Oleh Shkreba has told the Ukrainian service of Deutsche Welle.
Nov 18, 2009 at 14:11 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine gets $50,000 worth of humanitarian aid from Moldova to fight flu A cargo of humanitarian aid from Moldova arrived in Ukraine on Nov. 18, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service has reported.
Nov 18, 2009 at 14:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's parliament improves procedure for determining moral damages The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted a law establishing that the deliberate spreading of false information could tarnish the honor and dignity of a person and damage the business reputation of a person or company.
Nov 18, 2009 at 14:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Diplomat: External financial intervention could make gas transit across Ukraine more reliable Stockholm, November 18 (Interfax) - External financial intervention could make transit of natural gas to Europe across Ukraine more stable, and the European Commission is willing to stimulate international institutions to provide such financing, Russian permanent envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said at a press conference on Nov. 18.
Nov 18, 2009 at 13:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko concerned over criminalization of ethnic communities in Ukraine Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko is concerned over the negative trends of the criminalization of ethnical communities in the country and growth in the crime rate among foreigners, as well as certain individuals who had received Ukrainian citizenship, but were on the wanted list in their native countries for committing premeditated crimes, according to Petro Shatkovsky, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president's secretariat and presidential commissioner for control over the activities of the Security Service of Ukraine.
Nov 18, 2009 at 13:44 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's government gets another $1.3 billion from IMF as part of special drawing rights conversion The State Treasury of Ukraine on Nov. 13 received $1.3 billion as part of the conversion of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) allocated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the country, Regions Party MP Mykhailo Papiyev has said.
Nov 18, 2009 at 13:21 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine must create alert mechanism on energy routes with EU, Russia Brussels, November 18 (Interfax) - Ukraine should create an early warning mechanism for the energy sector between Ukraine and the European Union and between Ukraine and Russia, said Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria.
Nov 18, 2009 at 13:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
Government representative: Cabinet changing tactics in fighting corruption The government of Ukraine has changed its tactics in the fight against corruption to taking measures to prevent corruption, the government's representative for anti-corruption policies, Yuriy Sukhov, said at a press conference in Kyiv on Nov. 17.
Nov 18, 2009 at 12:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian vice premier: Ukraine could join Energy Community on Dec. 18 Brussels, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian Vice Premier Hryhoriy Nemyria has said that a decision on Ukraine's accession to the Energy Community Treaty will be taken at a meeting of the ministerial council of the Energy Community in Zagreb, Croatia, on Dec. 18.
Nov 18, 2009 at 11:51 | Interfax-Ukraine
Health Ministry: Second wave of A/H1N1 flu in Ukraine could come in late 2009-early 2010 Ukraine's Deputy Chief Sanitary Doctor Liudmyla Mukharska has forecast that a second wave of the A/H1N1 flu in the country could come in December 2009 or January 2010, while a third one could be seen in next autumn.
Nov 18, 2009 at 11:32 | Interfax-Ukraine
Number of passengers using public transport in Ivano-Frankivsk falls 70% due to flu epidemic Ivano-Frankivsk, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The number of passengers using public transport in Ivano-Frankivsk has fallen by 70% due to the epidemic of flu and acute respiratory viral infections, Chairman of the Association of City Transporters Volodymyr Sokhan has said.
Nov 18, 2009 at 10:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Agence France Presse: Energy to top agenda for Putin, Tymoshenko meet Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko for talks on energy amid unease in Europe over possible cuts in gas supplies this winter, officials said. Read the story here.
Nov 18, 2009 at 09:34
UPDATE: 328 dead,  257 in intensive care The Heath Ministry on Nov. 17 reported its latest statistics about the spread of the swine flu in Ukraine.
Nov 18, 2009 at 09:28
San Francisco Examiner: Ex-Ukrainian prime minister to appear in court Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavel Lazarenko, who settled in the Bay Area after losing a power struggle in his home country, goes before a U.S. District Court judge today in San Francisco for re-sentencing. Read the story here.
Nov 18, 2009 at 09:23
Trend: Georgian president visits Ukraine Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will visit Ukraine on Nov.18, to attend the opening ceremony of the new building of the Georgian Embassy in Kyiv. Read the story here.
Nov 18, 2009 at 09:20