All News, Ukraine

Putin, Tymoshenko discuss Russian-Ukrainian trade, economic cooperation Moscow, December 25 (Interfax) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko had a telephone conversation on Dec. 24.
Dec 25, 2009 at 11:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
16-million Kazakhstan catches up with GDP of 50-million Ukraine Astana, December 25 (Interfax- Kazakhstan) - Kazakh GDP in 2009 has practically matched up the Ukraine's economic growth, says Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Dec 25, 2009 at 11:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Bohatyriova calls on Transdniestrian leader to resume talks in 5+2 format Kyiv, December 24 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova has called on Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov to resume talks on the Transdniestrian conflict settlement in the 5+2 format (Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE, Moldova, Transdniestria, as well as the United States and the EU).
Dec 25, 2009 at 01:30 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russia should not teach Ukrainians how to live - Yuschenko Dnipropetrovsk, December 24 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that he will not let Russia dictate to Ukraine what to do with its own life.
Dec 25, 2009 at 01:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Central bank: We have enough cash to survive (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank has enough foreign currency reserves to manage its finances until the end of the year despite the government’s failure to restart an International Monetary Fund bailout program, a senior central bank official said.
Dec 24, 2009 at 22:08 | Staff and wire reports
IMF turns down Ukraine’s request for $2 billion loan (Reuters, Staff Reports) – The International Monetary Fund has rejected Ukraine’s request for a $2 billion loan to help the recession-plagued country meet its financial obligations by year’s end, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 23, citing Ukrainian officials.
Dec 24, 2009 at 22:06 | Staff and wire reports
NRCU: Yushchenko wants to quit bilingualism discussion The incumbent Ukrainian President and presidential candidate, Victor Yushchenko, says Ukraine needs to drop out of the bilingualism discussion, he addressed the Forum of Ukrainian Intellectuals in Simferopol on Dec. 24. Read the story here.
Dec 24, 2009 at 19:11
Chechen leader says Russia should launch military attacks against Ukraine, Georgia Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov told a British newspaper that "Georgia and Ukraine are afflictions of Russia that need to be eradicated."
Dec 24, 2009 at 18:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
NRCU: Moscow-Kyiv highway sector to be launched by Euro 2012 A sector of the Moscow-Kyiv international highway has been commissioned in Sumy region (northeast Ukraine) within the framework of preparations for the 2012 European Football Championship. Read the story here.
Dec 24, 2009 at 18:35
State Committee for Land Resources to create land register system by June 2012 The State Committee for Land Resources is ready to create a land register system in Ukraine by Jun. 2012, Deputy Head of the Committee Serhiy Belchyk has said.
Dec 24, 2009 at 18:21 | Interfax-Ukraine
International group probing Thailand plane seizure in Kyiv A special international group is working in Kyiv to look into the circumstances surrounding the seizure of an aircraft carrying weapons on board in Thailand, Ukrainian Security Service chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said.
Dec 24, 2009 at 17:05 | Interfax-Ukraine
UNIAN: SBU named the accused of Holodomor Iosif Stalin is one of the main accused on the criminal case on genocide of the Ukrainian people in 1932-1933. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) passed this criminal case to the General Prosecutor’s Office.SBU chairman Valentyn Nalyvaychenko said this on the air ofChannel 5. Read the story here.
Dec 24, 2009 at 16:17
Poll: Ukrainians prefer guaranteed earnings to risk Ukrainians prefer stable and guaranteed earnings to a risky way of earning money, according to a new survey.
Dec 24, 2009 at 15:46 | Interfax-Ukraine
BYT's Korolevska: Crackdown on gambling business by February The parliamentary committee for industrial and regulatory policy will elaborate a package of draft laws to eliminate surviving gambling businesses in Ukraine and introduce them for the consideration to the parliament in February, Natalia Korolevska (BYT), the committee's head, said at a briefing in Kyiv.
Dec 24, 2009 at 15:27 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tefft: Washington ready to work with whoever is elected as next Ukrainian president The United States will be closely watching the presidential election in Ukraine and is ready to work with whoever the Ukrainian people choose as president, new U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft has said.
Dec 24, 2009 at 13:55 | Interfax-Ukraine