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Serbia buys 3 million Swiss swine flu vaccines BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's health authorities have ordered three million swine flu vaccines from Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG worth an estimated €24 million ($36 million).
Nov 13, 2009 at 13:15 | Associated Press
Victor Yushchenko says register of bone-marrow donors will be created in Ukraine Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has said he is ready to sign a decree regulating the creation of a national register of bone-marrow donors.
Nov 13, 2009 at 13:00 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko confirms his decision to veto moratorium on rise in prices for medicines Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has decided to veto a law declaring a moratorium on a rise in prices for medicines during the financial crisis.
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Cabinet increases wholesale and retail prices for multiuse flu masks to Hr 2.18 and Hr 3 The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the ceiling wholesale and retail prices for multiuse flu masks from Hr 1.10 (wholesale) to Hr 2.18 and from Hr 1.50 (retail) to Hr 3.00 per mask.This is read in the Cabinet of Ministers resolution No.1199 of Nov. 11.
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:25 | Ukrainian News
Ukrainian officials from 2010 should be ready to tell law enforcement about their personal income State officials in Ukraine starting from Jan.1, 2010 should be ready to prove how they earned their income to the law enforcement agencies, Justice Minister Mykola Onischuk has said at a press conference on Nov. 12.
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
New York Times: WHO rushes drugs to nations hit by swine flu Emergency supplies of antiviral drugs are being sent to Ukraine, Afghanistan and other countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where hospitals report that they are being overwhelmed by patients with swine flu, the World health Organizationsaid on Nov. 12. Ukraine in particular has “a shortage of ventilators and they have counted more than 100 deaths by now,” Dr. Nikki Shindo, a medical officer with the organization’s global influenza program, said at a news briefing. Alarmed by deaths that health authorities believe could have been prevented with rapid treatment, the agency said it was revising its guidelines and urging more people to take antiviral medication even before they are sure they have the flu. Read the story here.
Nov 13, 2009 at 11:59
Ukrainian and Russian police jointly searching for person who ordered murder of 4 Room shopping center director Irpen (Kyiv region) - Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has said that Ukrainian and Russian law enforcement agencies are jointly searching for the person who organized and ordered the murder of Shabab Aloyan, the director of the Kyiv-based 4 Room shopping center.
Nov 13, 2009 at 11:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko asks prosecutors to check legality of level of foreign borrowing Kremenchuk, November 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has ordered the Prosecutor General's Office to analyze whether the implementation of the state budget for 2009 concerning foreign borrowing is in line with national legislation.
Nov 13, 2009 at 11:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Mignews: Ukraine’s entry to European Union depends on outcome of elections 2010 All the European Union’s (EU) happy neighbours are like each other, but each unhappy neighbour is unhappy in its own way – starting with Ukraine. What can the EU do to ensure that, unlike Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Ukraine’s story will have a positive ending? Of all the former Soviet Union countries, none bar Russia matters as much to the EU as Ukraine – and none tries the EU’s patience as much. Read the story here.
Nov 13, 2009 at 11:38
President creates national council on development of young people Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has signed a decree creating a national council on the development of young people.
Nov 13, 2009 at 11:30 | Interfax-Ukraine
Air forces interested in Chinese L-15 planes The Air Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are interested in the acquisition of Chinese training L-15 planes, the press service of the Finance Ministry said.
Nov 13, 2009 at 11:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Unidentified man in flu mask robs bank in Zaporizhia An unknown person in a flu mask robbed the central outlet of the Dnipropetrovsk branch of Index bank located in Zaporizhia on Nov. 12, a representative of the Main department of the Internal Affairs Ministry in Zaporizhia region told the press.It happenedbefore the closure of the outlet.
Nov 13, 2009 at 10:54 | Ukrainian News
Ukraine will not postpone Junior Eurovision 2009 over flu outbreak The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will begin in Kyiv on Monday, Nov. 16, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Vasiunyk said at a session of the event organizing committee on Nov. 12.
Nov 13, 2009 at 10:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Moscow, November 13 (Interfax) - The heads of Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy Alexei Miller and Oleh Dubyna met in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the functioning of the Ukrainian gas transit system during the 2009-2010 autumn/winter period.
Nov 13, 2009 at 10:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Government revises budget for construction of Danube-Black Sea navigation canal The Ukrainian government has approved a revised budget for the construction of the Danube-Black Sea deep-water navigation canal.
Nov 13, 2009 at 10:27 | Associated Press