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Ukraine's deputy foreign minister has launched a scathing attack on EU member states for refusing to discuss the thorny issue of visa liberalisation. At present, Europeans wishing to visit Ukraine do not need a visa and Kyiv eventually wants reciprocal visa-free facilities for its citizens travelling to the EU.Speaking at a breakfast briefing in Brussels on Nov. 19, Kostiantyn Yelisyeiev stressed, "We are not asking for the immediate introduction of a visa-free regime because we realise we have to take certain measures. But what we are saying is that the EU should be doing much more to help facilitate this." Read the story here. Nov 19, 2009 at 18:59 |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Ukraine for an official visit on Nov. 19, as energy officials from the two former Soviet republics signed a natural gas deal. An energy agreement pushed by Putin and Tymoshenko was made public on Thursday as well, with officials from Ukraine's natural gas monopoly Naftohaz Ukrainy announcing the signing of a contract with the Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom setting out specific volumes of fuel to be shipped through Ukraine to European consumers in 2010. Read ther story here. Nov 19, 2009 at 18:14 |
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Abuja — President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has disclosed that Nigeria and the Republic of Ukraine would cooperate to stem the tide in illegal trading in small arms especially in the West African region. The President who made the disclosure while receiving the Letter of Credence from the new Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Valerii Vasyliev in the State House, Abuja on Nov. 17 expressed the hope that "Ukraine will help us to bring the illegal trade under control." Read the story here. Nov 19, 2009 at 18:06 |
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NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ukrainian Foundation for Effective Governance (FEG), in partnership with the Financial Times, will host "Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges," a strategic conference focusing on Ukraine's economic outlook, evolving business environment, key investment opportunities, and the challenges that need to be overcome for those opportunities to be realized. The event will be held on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 8 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Read the story. Nov 19, 2009 at 18:02 |
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Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine’s cooperation with the International Monetary Fund is “absolutely necessary” and the country hopes to obtain the next round of funds as early as next month, Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said. The former Soviet state is dependent on a $16.4 billion IMF loan to avoid bankruptcy amid a recession and to maintain payments for the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe. The Washington-based IMFearlier this month decided to delay disbursement of the next $3.4 billion portion of the loan after Ukrainian lawmakers failed to rein in social spending. Read the story here. Nov 19, 2009 at 13:59 |
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BRUSSELS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine could rid itself of all its problems with paying for gas imports if undertakes reforms to improve the investment climate there, the U.S. envoy to the region said on Nov. 17. Nov 19, 2009 at 13:00 | Reuters |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge onNov. 18reduced the prison sentence for a former Ukrainian prime minister convicted in the United States of corruption in his homeland. Nov 19, 2009 at 12:25 | Associated Press |
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Yes Minister will celebrate its 30th anniversary with its tales of political back-stabbing and red tape being reworked for audiences in the Ukraine. BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, has licensed the format of Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister to the eastern European country. Inter TV will make 38 episodes of the hugely popular 1980s political comedy for a prime time slot next year - when the show turns 30. Nov 19, 2009 at 11:33 |
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The U.S. District Court has reduced by 11 months the nine-year prison sentence for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko convicted in the United States of corruption in Ukraine, the U.S. media have reported. Nov 19, 2009 at 10:54 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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LVIV, Ukraine — It is not immediately clear why Vasily V. Humenyuk should be a candidate for president of Ukraine. A former customs official from the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk, he subscribes to no particular ideology, has the flimsiest of platforms and does not plan to tour the country before the vote, reasoning that “these trips cost a great deal and the people are sick of them.” In fact, he could have vanished into this winter’s overpopulated presidential race had he not, on Oct. 2, legally changed his last name to “Protyvsikh,” Ukrainian for “Against Everyone.”Though few see Mr. Protyvsikh as a serious candidate, he reflects the sour mood that has swelled in the electorate — and one that could swing a pivotal presidential election in January. Read the story here. Nov 19, 2009 at 10:22 |
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The fate of eastern Europe was once decided in the Crimean resort town of Yalta. When Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime minister, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Yulia Tymoshenko, meet there on Thursday the region will be watching closely. Nov 19, 2009 at 00:03 |