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Ukraine on Friday shut schools, banned large public gatherings and imposed travel restrictions for three weeks – some of the most drastic measures taken across the globe to contain swine flu – after confirming that a sudden and swift outbreak has claimed at least 11 lives. Campaigning for the hotly contested presidential contest in January has also been put off. Observers said the far sweeping moves to combat the flu are partly rooted in the political rivalry between Victor Yushchenko, president, and Yulia Tymoshenko, his prime minister, with each trying to outdo the other and be seen assertively handling the outbreak. Nov 1, 2009 at 22:44 |
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Roman Olearchyk wrote: The International Monetary Fund has warned that it could cut financial assistance to Ukraine, one of the world’s most recession hit economies, after the country veered “off track” by adopting populist wage and pension increases. The warning came after Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine’s president, on Friday signed the increases into law, ignoring warnings from the IMF and Yulia Tymoshenko, his prime minister and bitter rival. The standoff is rooted in a rivalry between Ukraine’s political leaders ahead of a hotly contested presidential election to be held in January. Fears loom that such cut-throat rivalries could plunge Ukraine, a country where European banks hold a 40 per cent market share and where the west has jostled with Russia for influence, into a financial meltdown ahead of the elections." Nov 1, 2009 at 22:26 |
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MOSCOW, November 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has informed Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt about Ukrainian problems in paying for Russian gas. Sweden presides at the European Union. Nov 1, 2009 at 21:34 |
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Russia has offered to help Ukraine handle the A/H1N1 flu epidemic, Ukraine's foreign minister Petro Poroshenko said after holding a phone conversation with his Russsian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. Nov 1, 2009 at 17:42 |
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Ukraine’s Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevych has announced a state of emergency after thirty-three people died from an unknown flu virus in western Ukraine near the Polish border. Nov 1, 2009 at 17:29 |
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KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine introduced some of the strictest measures in the world on Friday to combat swine flu after a spate of deaths in the west of the country. Nov 1, 2009 at 15:22 |
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Ukraine’s swine flu epidemic is spreading at an alarming rate. The number of deaths has risen to nearly 50. President Viktor Yushchenko made the announcement, having put the number of victims at 11 just 24 hours earlier. Read the story here. Nov 1, 2009 at 10:09 |
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Clifford J. Levy writes from Moscow: The Ukrainian government is taking some of the sternest measures in the world against the spread of the swine flu virus, ordering schools nationwide to close for three weeks, banning public gatherings and imposing restrictions on travel. Read the story here. Nov 1, 2009 at 09:55 |
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Ukraine residents have begun panic-buying face masks and influenza medicines as the death toll from the country's swine flu epidemic rises dramatically in 24 hours. Read the story here. Nov 1, 2009 at 09:34 |