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PepsiCo to boost share of Ukrainian baby food market by 2.5 times in five years VYSHNENE (Kyiv region) – PepsiCo Ukraine is to boost its share of the Ukrainian baby food market to 25% from the current 10% with the launch of its new Ahusha factory, which will produce cultured milk foods for children on the territory of the Wimm-Bill-Dann Ukraine dairy factory in Vyshneve, Kyiv region.
Yesterday at 19:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine plans Euro crowd control, prostitution a problem Ukraine will use fighters and helicopters to guard its air space and put security and health services on full alert during the European soccer championship, but officials said on May 22 they could do little to stem a likely flood of prostitutes.
Yesterday at 19:06 | Reuters
Klitschko faction in Kyiv council demands police intervene in conflict with Lukianivsky market The faction of UDAR Party in Kyiv Council has claimed there has been a seizure of Lukianivsky market, and is demanding that the law enforcement agencies to intervene in the situation.
Yesterday at 18:32 | Interfax-Ukraine
Daily Mail: Topless Ukrainian feminists attempt to steal Euro trophy in protest ahead of tournament Topless activists from a Ukrainian women's rights group were arrested after grabbing the European Championship trophy while it was on public display in the southeast of the country.

Security guards moved in to stop Inna Shevchenko, 21, an activist in the Femen group, who grabbed hold of the 60cm-high cup while it was being exhibited in a central square in Dnipropetrovsk.

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Yesterday at 18:14
Soviet dissidents meet in Crimea, decide to continue rights movement traditions SIMFEROPOL - Prominent Soviet-era dissidents have founded the Crimean Forum, an annual meeting of political prisoners of the Communist regime and human rights activists, whose purpose is to ensure the consistency of the human rights movement of the former USSR in the work of civil society institutions in the former Soviet republics.
Yesterday at 17:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
German Embassy in Ukraine issues 300,000 visas to Ukrainians in 2011 The German Embassy in Ukraine issued 300,000 visas to Ukrainians in 2011, embassy officials say.
Yesterday at 17:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
United Press International: Gazprom welcomes Ukraine's energy minister MOSCOW - Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuri Boiko arrived in the Russian capital to meet with the chief executive of Gazprom, the Russian energy company said.

Gazprom in 2009 cut natural gas deliveries through Ukraine after a series of contractual disputes. Kiev managed to break the impasse, though the government later sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to jail for abusing her authority in the deal.

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Yesterday at 17:11
Bloomberg: Ukraine corn harvest may climb to 24 million tons Ukraine’s corn harvest may climb to 24 million metric tons this year as farmers increase planting of the grain, French farm adviser Agritel wrote on its website, without providing a year-earlier figure.

Corn sowing in Ukraine is being finalized, and the area planted with the grain rose to about 4.5 million hectares (11.1 million acres) from 3.5 million hectares in 2011, according to Paris-based Agritel, which has an office in Kyiv.

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Yesterday at 16:46
Russian Foreign Ministry denies impeding work of Ukrainian organizations in Russia MOSCOW - The Russian Foreign Ministry has denied the accusations made by Ukrainian officials who are accusing it of impeding the work of Ukrainian organizations in Russia.
Yesterday at 16:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian GDP growth could top forecast at 4% in 2012 Russia's gross domestic product might grow more than projected this year, expanding 4%, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev said.
Yesterday at 16:28 | Interfax-Ukraine
Fule: EU never declared boycott of Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine The European Union has never declared a boycott of matches of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship in Ukraine, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule has said.
Yesterday at 16:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
Medvedev did not change structure to maintain govt efficiency Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that he intentionally chose to keep the structure of the country's government largely intact in order to maintain its efficiency.
Yesterday at 15:34 | Interfax-Ukraine
Injured Czech skip Rosicky will be ready for Euro PRAGUE — The Czech Republic says a calf muscle injury is unlikely to prevent captain Tomas Rosicky from playing in next month's European Championship.
Yesterday at 15:25 | Associated Press
Azarov stresses need to monitor nutrition at children camps Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said there is a need to thoroughly monitor the quality of children's food during the summer holidays in camps and health resorts.
Yesterday at 15:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts MADRID — Teachers and students from every level of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts, erecting makeshift tombs at university campuses to symbolize what they claim will be the death of the country's schooling system.
Yesterday at 15:10 | Associated Press