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4 March 2008

17:10
Yanukovych: Political repressions start in Ukraine
Party of Regions stands against of starting procedure of early elections. PR leader Viktor Yanukovych said that today, the ForUm’s correspondent informs. At the same time, according to Yanukovych, if parliamentary coalition announces about its ...

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16:39
Kyrylenko considers People’s deputies must abstract away from NATO issue
Leader of "Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense” faction Vyacheslav Kyrylenko offers to hold voting on all draft resolutions on NATO. He said that today at the conciliatory meeting, the ForUm’s correspondent informs. Kyrylenko also noted that there ...

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16:12
Lytvyn insists on renewal of VRU work
Lytvyn bloc faction insists VRU speaker to begin VRU session. Volodymyr Lytvyn said that today at the conciliatory meeting, the ForUm’s correspondent informs. According to him, if the leaders of the parliamentary factions cant agree, then we can ...

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15:40
People’s deputies did not agree to unblock VRU yet
Now the conciliatory meeting takes place in the VRU. VRU speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk and leaders of parliamentary factions participate in it, the ForUm’s correspondent informs. Opening the meeting, Yatsenyuk has stated that at the moment there is no ...

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15:23
Ukraine threatens to reduce transit of Russian gas
Naftogaz Ukraine may reduce volumes of transit of natural gas if Gazprom continues cut of gas supplies to Ukraine. Naftogaz commented on statement of official representative of Gazprom Sergey Kupriyanov on another cut of gas supplies to Ukraine ...

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14:37
Russia to reduce gas supplies by 25% more
Today at 8 p.m. Russia is going to reduce gas supplies to Ukraine by 25% more. Official representative of “Gazprom” said that today at the press conference, the ForUm’s correspondent reports from Moscow. “Such decision is stipulated by absence of ...

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14:00
PR demands to hold referendum on joining Action plan on membership in NATO
Party of Regions insists on Ukrainian referendum on Ukraine’s joining Action plan on membership in NATO. People’s deputy from PR Yuriy Myroshnychenko said that today, the ForUm’s correspondent informs. “Yesterday at the conciliatory meeting we did ...

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13:44
Lytvyn bloc demands to unblock VRU without any conditions
Lytvyn bloc faction demands to start VRU work without any conditions. It demands to stop using the VRU as tool in political sorting out of Ukrainian power. “Continues and pointless blocking of the VRU shows that this organ is used for covering ...

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13:21
Government to introduce market mechanism for pricing energy resources transmission
The Cabinet of Ministers endorsed introduction of the market mechanism for pricing the energy resources transmission as priority in the activity of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy in 2008, according to government portal. Apart from this, another ...

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12:50
Cabinet insists on March 10 is day off
Cabinet of Ukraine reminds that March 10 is a day off this year. It is caused by International women’s day is on Saturday. That’s why on Monday, March 10 should be a day off, according to the Cabinet resolution. Moreover, according to Cabinet ...

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12:00
PR wants Cabinet to report on gas situation
Party of Regions will demand to listen to a report of the government on gas supplies to Ukraine on the first day when VRU renews its work. PR member Taras Chornovil said that, the ForUm’s correspondent informs. Chornovil considers that today ...

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11:14
Russia does not pay for transit
First vice PM Olexander Turchynov said that Russia failed to pay for gas transit since December of last year. In turn, official representative of “Gazprom” Sergey Kupriyanov stated that Ukraine had not sent the bill. “Such situation is caused by ...

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10:55
Ohryzko left for Poland
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Ohryzko left for Poland on working visit. The aim of the visit is to initial text of agreement between Cabinet of Ukraine and government of Poland “On rules of local border movement”, ForUm reports ...

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10:33
Yushchenko and Putin discussed gas conflict
President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin discussed through phone with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko problems of fulfillment of bilateral agreements by Ukrainian side on gas sphere which were reached on February 12 in Moscow. The ...

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10:14
President met with Belgian Foreign Minister
Yesterday President Vitor Yushchenko met with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Karel De Gucht. During the meeting parties discussed bilateral relations between Ukraine and Belgium, president's press office reported. Viktor Yushchenko ...

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14:42 At present the Ukrainian Agrarian Fund purchased almost 900 thousand tons of grain in order to form the state food reserve. At the same time, 287 thousand tons are already included in the reserve, Deputy Agrarian Minister Yaroslav Hadzalo told.

3 October 2008

17:17 Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and military hardware Thursday maintained their demand for a 20-million-dollar ransom as a blockade around them tightened, according to AFP.

14:18 Direct US investments in the Ukrainian economy reached USD 1.4 billion in the first half of 2008, Ukrainian Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn said.

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