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Ukraine and Lithuania concluded a number of agreements during Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite's visit to Ukraine.
Nov 26, 2009 at 16:23
Update: Somali pirates say Greek ship Ariana released Somali pirates said they freed a Greek ship on Thursday that they hijacked more than six months ago as it sailed to the Middle East from Brazil.
Nov 26, 2009 at 16:02 | Reuters
Kyiv cannot confirm Ariana vessel release The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry can not confirm whether the Ariana vessel has been released by pirates, despite western media reports alleging it has been freed.
Nov 26, 2009 at 15:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
Somali pirates say Greek ship Ariana released Somali pirates said they freed a Greek ship on Thursday that they hijacked more than six months ago as it sailed to the Middle East from Brazil.
Nov 26, 2009 at 15:27 | Reuters
Suprun: Law on raising social standards cuts social payments Leader of the People's Democratic Party and presidential candidate Liudmyla Suprun has called a law on a rise in social standards adopted by the Verkhovna Rada discriminatory and incomplete.
Nov 26, 2009 at 14:07 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's state debt grows by over 70percent in 2009 Ukraine's state debt currently stands atHr 225 billion compared to Hr 130.7 billion at the beginning of 2009, first deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak.
Nov 26, 2009 at 13:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's parliament fails to override veto on law on provision of  Hr 1 billion for fighting flu outbreak The Verkhovna Rada has failed to override the president's veto on a law about the provision of UAH 1 billion for fighting the flu outbreak in Ukraine.
Nov 26, 2009 at 13:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
Supreme Court to ask Constitutional Court to issue rulings on several laws on fighting corruption The Supreme Court of Ukraine intends to send the Constitutional Court of Ukraine a constitutional submission concerning the constitutionality of laws of June 11, 2009 "On principles of preventing and fighting against corruption," "On amendments to some legal acts of Ukraine concerning responsibility for corrupt violations" and "On responsibility of legal entities for corrupt violations."
Nov 26, 2009 at 13:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko calls Ukraine ‘absolutely ungovernable’ Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her eponymous parliamentary faction tried but failed to overcome a presidential veto that blocked Hr 1 billion in spending to flight the flu epidemic.
Nov 26, 2009 at 13:11 | Peter Byrne
Yushchenko: VAT reimbursement scheme for farm product exporters via Agrarian Fund is corrupt Ukraine's President Viktor Yuschenko has said the scheme of VAT reimbursement to exporters of agricultural products via the Agrarian Fund in 2009 is non-transparent and corrupt.
Nov 26, 2009 at 12:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych: Ukraine should increase its gas production Leader of the Regions Party Viktor Yanukovych thinks that Ukraine should considerably increase its own gas production volumes.
Nov 26, 2009 at 12:01 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian border guards kill Ukrainian smuggler Russian border guards have shot and killed a Ukrainian man attempting to illegally cross the Russian-Ukrainian border.
Nov 26, 2009 at 11:43
Tymoshenko: Yuschenko will have to plead his case in court after his tenure ends After his tenure comes to an end, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko will have to think how to defend in courts the moves he has made concerning Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.
Nov 26, 2009 at 11:39 | Interfax-Ukraine