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Yanukovych signs law on construction of interim storage facility for waste nuclear fuel Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree on the construction of a centralized storage facility for waste nuclear fuel from Water-Water Energetic Reactors (WWER) at domestic nuclear power plants.
Mar 2 at 20:11 | Interfax-Ukraine
Opposition parties demand Yanukovych name date, place for meeting Ukrainian opposition parties the Front for Change and Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union have insisted on meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Mar 2 at 19:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's justice minister: anti-discrimination laws comply with EU standards Ukraine's anti-discrimination laws do not differ much from those that exist in the European Union, Ukrainian Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych has said.
Mar 2 at 17:23 | Interfax-Ukraine
Poll: Ukrainians still positively disposed to Russia After a sharp decline in 2011 in the number of Ukrainians who have a positive attitude towards Russia (from 90-93% to 80%), their number increased again in February 2012, to 86%, according to a joint project of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) and the Levada Center (Russia).
Mar 2 at 13:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
Bohatyriova notes importance of preventing cardiovascular diseases Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova has said the prevention of cardiovascular diseases should be an important priority.
Mar 2 at 12:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
All In The Family With his popularity sinking at home and in Western capitals, President Viktor Yanukovych appears to be digging in to keep his hold on power. While he doesn’t stand for re-election until 2015, his ruling Party of Regions faces a key test in the Oct. 28 parliamentary election. The president has installed key allies to head virtually all of the nation’s most powerful financial and law enforcement agencies. The president denies doing so, but many have the impression that loyalty rather than qualifications is the determining factor in these appointments -- and this is worrisome to many people.
Mar 2 at 00:00 | Svitlana Tuchynska
Yuriy Lutsenko, former top cop,  given four-year prison sentence A sense of predictability hung in the air as the courtroom filled with dozens of journalists, Western diplomats and opposition politicians eager to hear the verdict against former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko on Feb. 27.
Mar 1 at 23:37 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
British embassy launches online resource on energy saving for young people The British Embassy in Ukraine has presented a new online resource www.teenergy.com.ua, which in the form of an ideal environmentally friendly house gives recommendations on energy saving.
Mar 1 at 19:17 | Interfax-Ukraine
European party demands permission for Tymoshenko to take tests at EU labs The European People's Party (EPP) has demanded that the Ukrainian authorities allow toxicological tests of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko be conducted at independent laboratories in the European Union.
Mar 1 at 18:27 | Interfax-Ukraine
European lawmakers: Association agreement should not be signed with opposition in jail The European People's Party (EPP), insists that the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union should not be signed and ratified as long as opposition leaders are jail.
Mar 1 at 18:13 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Government to up state quotas for training of IT specialists The government will increase state quotas for the training of IT specialists at higher education establishments, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said.
Mar 1 at 17:54 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine to display arms, ammunition at international military exhibition in Thailand The Ukroboronprom State Concern and Ukrspecexport State Company will display products made by the Ukrainian defense sector at the international defense exhibition Defense & Security 2012 Exhibition, which will take place in Bangkok (Thailand) on March 5-8.
Mar 1 at 17:09 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych orders government to speed up initialing of EU-Ukraine association agreement Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has instructed Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to ensure that measures are taken to initial the association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, the presidential press service has reported.
Mar 1 at 15:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russia wants suspect in alleged anti-Putin plot MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors have asked Ukraine to extradite a man accused of involvement in a foiled plot to kill Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Mar 1 at 13:14 | Associated Press
Moscow asks Ukraine to extradite Putin plot suspect MOSCOW - The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has forwarded an extradition request to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office for Adam Osmayev, suspected of preparing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's assassination.
Mar 1 at 11:21 | Interfax-Ukraine