All News, Ukraine

Foreign Ministry: Ukrainians obtain over one million Schengen visas in 2011 The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine has reported that in 2011 Ukrainians obtained 182,000 more Schengen visas compared to 2010, and their total number was 1.1 million.
Today at 17:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Rada supports bill to ban foreigners from occupying state posts in Ukraine Verkhovna Rada is intending to reduce the number of cases of dual citizenship in Ukraine.
Today at 16:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tigipko: Labor Code should be approved after 2012 elections to Rada Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Sergiy Tigipko has said he thinks the new Labor Code should be adopted after the parliamentary elections in Ukraine.
Today at 16:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Official: Olympic ticket mishandling allegations may be provocation Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine Viktor Korzh has said that the situation with tbe alleged mishandling of tickets to the London 2012 Summer Olympics by the committee's secretary general, Volodymyr Heraschenko, could be a provocation.
Today at 13:11 | Interfax-Ukraine
Infant pathology department of Donetsk Regional Hospital receives unique equipment A set of unique modern equipment has been installed at the infant pathology department of Donetsk Regional Clinical Hospital, and no other hospital in the region and only a few clinics all over Ukraine have similar equipment, according to the press service of Oleksandr Yanukovych Foundation.
Today at 12:09 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrzaliznytsia plans to sell 10,000 tickets every day after obtaining all Hyundai trains The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine has reported that in the first hours of the sale of tickets for Hyundai high-speed trains, a total of 2,400 tickets were sold in the country.
Today at 11:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Bubka: Ukraine's Olympic Committee will sell tickets to 2012 Olympics only through official channels President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine Serhiy Bubka has informed the committee's secretary general, Volodymyr Heraschenko, of his suspension due to recent reports about his alleged intention to sell tickets to the London 2012 Summer Olympics on the black market, and promised that all tickets to the event received by the national committee will be sold only through official channels, reads a posting on the committee's Web site.
Today at 11:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian News: NOC Denies Having Spare Tickets To 2012 Olympics National Olympic Committee President Serhiy Bubka says the NOC has no excess tickets to ХХХ Olympic Games 2012, due to take place in London, UK, reads a statement made by the NOC press service.

"The Ukrainian NOC has no excess tickets to the Olympic Games and all the tickets received will be distributed via official channels only," the statement quotes Bubka as saying.

This statement follows a row sparking around the mass media reports about the NOC general secretary Volodymyr Heraschenko's intention to sell tickets to the London Olympics, assigned to the Ukrainian NOC, to touts.Bubka says he is worried about these allegations and has already initiated an internal investigation.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Bubka on May 22 suspended Heraschenko pending an investigation into the general secretary's presumable willing to sell tickets to ХХХ Olympic Games 2012 at the black market.

Read more here.

Today at 10:41
UEFA: High-speed trains to slash journey times for Euro 2012 fans in Ukraine The launch of high-speed trains in Ukraine will secure fast and comfortable traveling for football supporters that are planning to attend the Euro 2012 European Football Championship matches in Ukraine, UEFA Chief Operating Officer Martin Kallen said.
Today at 09:55 | Interfax-Ukraine
Verkhovna Rada Chairman assumes elections of Kyiv mayor to be held in 2015 Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has said that the elections of Kyiv mayor could be held in 2015.
Today at 09:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian official suspended in ticket probe A top Ukrainian Olympic official was suspended on May 22 following allegations that he offered to sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets for the London Games on the black market.
Today at 07:11 | Associated Press
Bare-breasted Ukraine activists grab Euro 2012 cup Topless activists from a Ukrainian women's rights group staged a second attack on the Euro 2012 soccer trophy on May 21, grabbing it while it was on public display in the southeast of Ukraine before being seized themselves by police.
Yesterday at 21:01 | Reuters
BBC News: Ukraine Olympic official 'willing to sell tickets to black market' A senior Olympic official was willing to sell thousands of pounds worth of 2012 tickets for cash, a BBC investigation has revealed.

Volodymyr Gerashchenko, of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee (NOC), told a reporter posing as a UK tout he would have up to 100 tickets to sell.

Read more here.

Yesterday at 20:24
Foreign Ministry doesn't know new date of summit of Central and Eastern European states The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has no information regarding the new date of the summit of heads of Central and Eastern European states, which was previously postponed.
Yesterday at 20:11 | Interfax-Ukraine
Key political risks to watch in Ukraine Ukraine's relations with the European Union have deteriorated under President Viktor Yanukovich while his rapprochement with Russia has failed to yield any tangible benefits for the former Soviet republic's economy.
Yesterday at 19:52 | Reuters