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8 September 2010
Oppositional faction BYuT officially changes name 16:30
Oppositional faction BYuT officially changes name
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn announced about renaming of the BYuT faction into the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc - Batkivshchyna (Motherland), the Speaker told the Parliament's morning session, UKRINFORM reports.This decision was taken at the ...
Azarov: Reforms are to become the legislative reality 14:46
Azarov: Reforms are to become the legislative reality
The Government has prepared and submits to the Parliament a package of bills to deregulate the economy and stimulate innovation and investment development. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said today, opening the Government session. ...
Tymoshenko: We will continue to demand a price freeze 13:05
Tymoshenko: We will continue to demand a price freeze
On September 8, BYuT will once again insist that bills to introduce a moratorium on housing and communal services rates be placed on the parliamentary agenda, says Batkivshchyna leader Yulia Tymoshenko, BYuT press office reported. "I was ...
Health Ministry proposes banning sale of alcohol in public places 11:02
Health Ministry proposes banning sale of alcohol in public places
The Ukrainian Health Ministry has proposed introducing a ban on the sale of alcohol in public places, Deputy Health Minister Valeriy Bidny said at a meeting on Wednesday, UKRINFORM reported.He stressed the need to strengthen controls over the sale of ...

7 September 2010
Tymoshenko: People must tell the government "no" 16:25
Tymoshenko: People must tell the government "no"
Batkivshchyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko hopes that today’s protests in Ukraine will be the start of a movement that will bring about change in government policy. "Today we’re starting a movement that will end with the people saying a ...
Ukrainian opposition wants to destabilize country - Azarov 14:36
Ukrainian opposition wants to destabilize country - Azarov
The Ukrainian opposition is trying to destabilize the situation in the country, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported. Some 3,000 protestors are currently gathered near the parliamentary building, police said. They are ...
Tymoshenko: the government’s Tax Code supports the oligarchy 12:46
Tymoshenko: the government’s Tax Code supports the oligarchy
The government’s Tax Code is aimed at destroying small business and creating favorable conditions for oligarchic corporations, says Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the Batkivshchyna Party. "Each provision of the Tax Code is a step towards the ...
Fight against economic crisis is main issue of new political season - President 11:02
Fight against economic crisis is main issue of new political season - President
The fight against the economic crisis should become a main issue of the new political season,  Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said, speaking at the opening of the seventh session of the parliament of the sixth convocation on ...

6 September 2010
Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko threatens to block parliament 17:21
Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko threatens to block parliament
The parliamentary faction of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) has threatened to block the Verkhovna Rada's rostrum if four bills drafted by the faction are not submitted for consideration by parliament, faction leader Ivan Kyrylenko said, ...
Ukraine's opposition to hold a protest action outside parliament 14:37
Ukraine's opposition to hold a protest action outside parliament
The People's Committee for the Defense of Ukraine is to hold a rally outside the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine at 0900 on Tuesday, September 7, Interfax-Ukraine informed.The rally participants will protest against the increase in tariffs on gas, ...
PM Azarov: Tax Code creates favorable conditions for investors 12:49
PM Azarov: Tax Code creates favorable conditions for investors
The Ukrainian government's draft Tax Code creates favorable conditions for attracting foreign and domestic investment, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said in an interview with ICTV Channel late on Sunday, UKRINFORM reported."We'll exempt ...
President: Ukraine is highly interested in cooperation with China 11:01
President: Ukraine is highly interested in cooperation with China
Ukraine is interested in deepening cooperation with China, particularly in the investment area, Viktor Yanukovych said in an interview to Ukrainian journalists, presidential press office reported. "It is important that we could attract ...

3 September 2010
Government proposes to impose wealth taxes 17:26
Government proposes to impose wealth taxes
The Government proposes imposing a 5 percent tax on income earned by citizens from deposits worth over 200,000 UAH. Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said this today during a press conference on "Tax Code - for the welfare of citizens and ...
Ukrainian police want curfew for minors 14:37
Ukrainian police want curfew for minors
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry suggests imposing a curfew for the minors, deputy chief of the Department of Criminal Police for Children Viktor Suranovych told the press, UKRINFORM reported."It is advisable that parents know where their children ...
President takes part in Ukrainian-Chinese Business Forum 12:49
President takes part in Ukrainian-Chinese Business Forum
In Beijing President Viktor Yanukovych took part in the Ukrainian-Chinese Business Forum, presidential press office reported.     "I am sure this forum will be an important contribution to the development of mutually ...
Ukraine, China sign bilateral documents 11:09
Ukraine, China sign bilateral documents
In the framework of the state visit of President Viktor Yanukovych to China, the ceremony of signing Ukrainian-Chinese bilateral documents was held in Beijing, presidential press office reported. President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and ...

2 September 2010
Every foreign tourist in Ukraine spends on average USD 200-300 per day 16:31
Every foreign tourist in Ukraine spends on average USD 200-300 per day
The World Tourism Organization has calculated that every tourist who comes to Ukraine spends on average USD 200-300 per day. This amount includes expenditures on hotel accommodation, food, taxi services, and museums. The Ukrainian State Tourism ...
Ukrainian railway workers to get special phrasebooks for UEFA EURO 2012 14:37
Ukrainian railway workers to get special phrasebooks for UEFA EURO 2012
The Ministry of Transport and Communications intends to provide the conductors in the trains and railway station workers with dictionaries and phrasebooks to service foreign passengers during the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship.According to ...
Ukrainian army to be smaller, but more effective, says Defense Ministry 12:49
Ukrainian army to be smaller, but more effective, says Defense Ministry
The reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should involve a personnel reduction on the one hand, and an increase in its combat strength on the other, according to Defense Minister Myklailo Yezhel."It foresees the armed forces being small in ...
Ukraine, China seeking new level of bilateral cooperation 11:09
Ukraine, China seeking new level of bilateral cooperation
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, currently on a state visit to Beijing, stressed at a meeting with China's President Hu Jintao that Ukraine "for many years has been watching you are building a modern strong state with great interest", ...
10:46 President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has arrived in Beijing, China, beginning his state visit to the People’s Republic of China and official visit to Hong Kong.

30 August 2010
14:26 President Viktor Yanukovych went with a one-day official visit to Germany.

27 August 2010
16:14 It will be prohibited to sell harmful to children's health food in Ukrainian schools since the new academic year. The ban involves potato chips and other fast-food with preservatives, flavor enhancers, as well as carbonated beverages containing synthetic colorings, flavorings and sweeteners.

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Kiev and Minsk: the other side of diversification
The completion of the summer political season was marked by another flare-up in Russian-Ukrainian gas relations. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov declared that the contract of January 19, 2009 requires revision because it does not

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