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Fuel Ministry: Auction on electricity exports for 2010 to be held on Dec. 16 An auction commission for the organization and holding of auctions of access to interstate power transmission lines for electricity exports on Nov. 26, 2009 has approved the schedule for holding auctions in 2010, the press secretary of the Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Ministry Fant Di has said..
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:10 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko: Government allocates Hr 28 million to build runway for Lviv airport Lviv, December 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Ukrainian government has allocated Hr 28 million from the state budget's stabilization fund to construct a runway for Lviv International Airport, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk region allocates about Hr 1 million for joint European development program in 2010 Ivano-Frankivsk, December 1 (Interfax-Ukraine)Ivano-Frankivsk regional council has taken a decision to allocate Hr 950,000 from the regional budget to realize 24 joint micro-projects with the European Union and the United Nations Development Program as part of the Community Based Approach to Local Development Project (CBA) in 2010.
Dec 1, 2009 at 13:51 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko gets gray kitten as a gift Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has received a gray striped kitten as a gift.
Dec 1, 2009 at 13:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Foreign Ministry checking reports of collision between Ukrainian, Turkish dry cargo ships The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is checking reports of a collision between Ukrainian and Turkish dry cargo ships in the Sea of Marmara, the ministry's press service told Interfax-Ukraine on Dec. 1.
Dec 1, 2009 at 13:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
EU starts project to create agency of regional development of Crimea Simferopol, December 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira has said that the European Commission has started a project to create an agency of regional development of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Dec 1, 2009 at 13:13 | Interfax-Ukraine
NBU toughens banks' liability for quality of reports on currency transactions The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has increased the size of fines that are imposed on banks and financial institutions for the submission of inaccurate reports on currency transactions.
Dec 1, 2009 at 12:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
Health Ministry confirms 431 deaths of flu The Health Ministry has confirmed 431 deaths of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections in 24 regions, the city of Kyiv, the city of Sevastopol, and in the Crimea from Oct. 29 through Nov. 30, according to the statement by the Health Ministry.
Dec 1, 2009 at 12:16 | Ukrainian News
Yushchenko congratulates Ukrainians on 18 anniversary of Ukrainian referendum of 1991 Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has congratulated Ukrainian citizens on the 18th anniversary of a Ukrainian referendum of Dec. 1, 1991, which confirmed the declaration of Ukraine's independence.
Dec 1, 2009 at 12:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Picture possibly painted by Titian found in Odesa museum Odesa, December 1 (Interfax) - A painting has been found in the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art that may be the work of the 16th century Italian painter Titian.
Dec 1, 2009 at 11:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
NBU deputy governor: NBU not to allow banks to form reserves in foreign currency The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will not reject a ban on the formation of reserves for credit risks in foreign currency, NBU deputy governor Vasyl Pasichnyk said during a public discussion organized by the financial press club with support of the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly) newspaper.
Dec 1, 2009 at 11:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
Agence France Presse: AIDS epidemics risk being generalized The AIDS epidemic in Ukraine, one of Europe's most affected countries, risk becoming generalised as heterosexual contacts become the chief transmission route for the HIV virus, UN and Ukrainian officials warned Monday. Read the story here.
Dec 1, 2009 at 10:59
The Brazilian president is arriving in Ukraine on a two-day visit on Tuesday. Read the story here.
Dec 1, 2009 at 10:55
Top European Union official: Oligarchs stall Ukraine progress Ukraine's business oligarchs are stifling the economy by choking competition and are holding up improved trade and economic ties with the European Union, the EU Commission's top official in Kyiv said on Monday.
Dec 1, 2009 at 10:33 | Reuters