All News, Ukraine

Flu, pneumonia kill 404 people in Ukraine A total of 404 people have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine as of late on Wednesday, November 25.
Nov 25, 2009 at 23:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
Rukh founder Tkalenko dies One of the founders of the People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) and former MP Oleksandr Tkalenko has died at the age of 51 after a long battle with cancer, the Rukh press service has reported.
Nov 25, 2009 at 23:30 | Interfax-Ukraine
Government gives Hr 2 mln to reconstruct Ukrainian flu center The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has allocated over UAH 2 million to reconstruct the Ukrainian center of flu and acute respiratory infections of the Ukrainian Health Ministry.
Nov 25, 2009 at 21:54 | Interfax-Ukraine
Criminal case on Ukrainian famine of 1930s already numbers 253 volumes The criminal case on committing genocide in Ukraine in 1932-1933 currently numbers 253 volumes, Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has said.
Nov 25, 2009 at 20:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
State Treasury office in Lviv region blocking payments for Euro Lviv Regional Governor Mykola Kmit is planning to address the president and the premier over the actions of the State Treasury's office in Lviv region, which is blocking payments for facilities ahead of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.
Nov 25, 2009 at 17:32 | Interfax-Ukraine
Health minister proposes considering production of Ukrainian swine flu vaccine Ukrainian Health Minister Vasyl Kniazevych has called for the production of a domestically produced vaccine against A/H1N1 flu.
Nov 25, 2009 at 16:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko HR 1 billion to fight epidemic of flu will not be a monetary emission Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has said she hopes the presidential veto of a law allocating UAH 1 billion to fight the epidemic of flu and acute viral respiratory infections will be overridden and that this money would not come from a monetary emission.
Nov 25, 2009 at 16:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Naftogaz has to buy 27 bcm of gas in 2010 to avoid paying fine to Gazprom The agreements signed on November 24 by Russia's Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy cutting the minimum volume of gas to be purchased by Ukraine in 2010 from 52 billion cubic meters (bcm) to 33.75 bcm, has a provision allowing Ukraine to deviate from this volume by 20% without incurring fines, a source in the government told Interfax-Ukraine.
Nov 25, 2009 at 16:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
Poll: more than half of Ukrainians do not consider language issue pressing More than half of Ukrainians - 54.7% - believe the language issue in the country is irrelevant, that each person can speak the language he or she prefers and that a lot more important problems exist in the country, a poll of 1,200 respondents conducted by the Ukrainian Democratic Circle on November 12-18, 2009 found.
Nov 25, 2009 at 16:09 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine hopes to sign association agreement with EU in 2010 Head of the Ukrainian parliament's European integration committee Borys Tarasiuk has said he expects an association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union to be signed in the second half of next year.
Nov 25, 2009 at 15:32 | Interfax-Ukraine
Vasiunyk: No need to fear Euro 2012 will cripple the state budget Ukrainian Vice Premier Ivan Vasiunyk has said the preparations to host the finals of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship don't require huge amounts of spending from the state budget, but that they stimulate investment and the realization of new projects in conditions of crisis.
Nov 25, 2009 at 15:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
State controlling agencies to have right to impose fines without decision of court, according to draft law The state controlling agencies will have the right to fine legal and physical entities via the state executive service without a corresponding decision from a court, according to a draft law "On amendments to some legislation acts of Ukraine to reduce courts' workload" registered by MPs from the BYT faction Andriy Portnov and Volodymyr Pylypenko in the parliament on Tuesday.
Nov 25, 2009 at 14:44 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko pardons 48 convicts Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko signed a decree pardoning 48 convicts on Wednesday, granting requests by 104 parliamentarians and regular citizens, the presidential pardon service has reported.
Nov 25, 2009 at 14:33
Ukraine's Security Service has banned two Russian scientists from entering the country without offering any explanation.
Nov 25, 2009 at 14:16 | Interfax-Ukraine
UEFA president to come to Kyiv to present Euro 2012 logo on Dec. 14 The official presentation of the logos and slogan of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship will be held in Kyiv on Dec. 14.
Nov 25, 2009 at 13:32 | Interfax-Ukraine