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Experts doubt Tymoshenko's government will be dismissed The government of Yulia Tymoshenko will not be dismissed, according to political experts.
Nov 20, 2009 at 15:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's national football team holds 24 place in FIFA ranking Ukraine's national football team has lost two positions in the FIFA world ranking for Nov. 2009 and is currently in 24th place, according to the official Web site of FIFA.
Nov 20, 2009 at 15:10 | Interfax-Ukraine
Derzhspozhivstandard registers violations of tobacco product trade at 20% of checked outlets The State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy (Derzhspozhivstandard) has checked 737 retail outlets of tobacco products in 20 regions of Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from Sept. 23 through Nov. 5 this year and registered 148 violations.
Nov 20, 2009 at 15:04 | Interfax-Ukraine
GM to release plan for European units in December FRANKFURT (AP) — General Motors Co. said it expects to release a full restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall operations in mid December, but did not specify the amount of cuts to capacity and jobs it would seek.
Nov 20, 2009 at 14:58 | Associated Press
Ukrainian parliament returns draft state budget for 2010 to government for revision The Ukrainian parliament has returned the draft state budget for 2010 to the government for revision.
Nov 20, 2009 at 14:55 | Interfax-Ukraine
Christmas tree to be lit in Kyiv on Dec. 19 Ukraine's main Christmas tree will be lit on Independence Square in Kyiv on Saint Nicholas Day, Dec. 19.
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Culture and Tourism Ministry reduces smoking in Ukrainian hotels The Ukrainian hotels should allot at least 50% of their hotel rooms for nonsmokers starting from Friday, Nov. 20.
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Foreign polling stations for Ukrainian presidential elections to be set up by Dec. 9 Foreign polling stations for the Ukrainian presidential elections will be set up by December 9, according to the Ukrainian Central Election Commission (CEC).
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:28 | Interfax-Ukraine
IMF still expects consensus from Ukraine on budget position The situation with the program of cooperation between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ukraine has remained unchanged over the last two weeks, as the fund still expects consensus from the Ukrainian authorities on a realistic budget, Director of the IMF External Relations Department Caroline Atkinson has said.
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:26 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian, UK diplomats discuss relations with Ukraine, Moldova, Caucasus states Moscow, November 20 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and the UK Foreign Office's Political Director General Geoffrey Adams have met in London to discuss their countries' relations with Ukraine, Moldova and a number of nations in South Caucasus.
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:11 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine has not asked Russia for state loans Yalta, November 20 (Interfax) - Ukraine has not asked Russia for state loans, but Ukrainian national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy might seek loans from Russian banks, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told journalists.
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:05 | Interfax-Ukraine
UN urges Ukraine not to send Afghans seeking refugee status back home The United Nations refugee agency is calling on the Ukrainian authorities not to send eight refugees from Afghanistan back to their native country until their need for protection is assessed, the press service of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees reported on Nov. 18.
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:02 | Interfax-Ukraine
Polanski will not agree to extradition PARIS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Roman Polanski will not agree voluntarily to being extradited to the United States over a 1970s child sex case, the film director's lawyer said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Nov. 20.
Nov 20, 2009 at 11:54 | Reuters
U.S. transport chief urges safer roads in Russia MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. transportation secretary says Russia's biggest challenge in that domain is building a safe road network — and he is urging the former Cold War adversary to follow America's lead.
Nov 20, 2009 at 11:44 | Associated Press
Tymoshenko calls for Russia, Ukraine to cooperate in grain trade Yalta, November 20 (Interfax) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has offered to Russia to cooperate in supplying grain to third countries' markets.
Nov 20, 2009 at 11:39 | Interfax-Ukraine