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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", ...

1 September 2010
Government finalizes work on Tax Code 17:38
Government finalizes work on Tax Code
Government commission has completed its work on the proposals submitted for the draft Tax Code, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov told reporters on Wednesday. "The work on the Tax Code has entered the final stage. The governmental ...
Foreign minister calls on first-year students to learn more foreign languages 14:35
Foreign minister calls on first-year students to learn more foreign languages
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko has called on the first-year students of the Institute of International Relations at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University to pay special attention to learning foreign languages."Your task ...
Government continues negotiations with Russia on revision of 2009 gas contracts 12:51
Government continues negotiations with Russia on revision of 2009 gas contracts
The government continues to negotiate with Russia to revise gas contracts concluded in 2009, Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov told journalists after visiting the Schaslyvskyi educational complex of the Kiev Boryspil District Council area."The ...
Energy minister: Ukrainian GTS needs USD 2bn for modernization 11:01
Energy minister: Ukrainian GTS needs USD 2bn for modernization
To ensure the reliability of the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) it is necessary to invest about USD 2 billion over five years,  Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boiko said for the 5 Channel, UKRINFORM reported."And we will not take money ...

31 August 2010
Ukraine to export 120,000 tons of bread wheat to Georgia 17:59
Ukraine to export 120,000 tons of bread wheat to Georgia
Ukraine is ready to export 120,000 tonnes of bread wheat to Georgia, as requested by that country, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.According to him, the Georgian government addressed Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov with such a ...
President instructs to stabilize situation at food market 16:25
President instructs to stabilize situation at food market
President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych signed the order to stabilize the situation at the food market, and ensure availability of first priority goods to the public by preventing unreasoned growth of their prices, presidential press office ...
Germany interested in modernization of Ukrainian GTS and accepts Ukraine's decision on NATO 14:38
Germany interested in modernization of Ukrainian GTS and accepts Ukraine's decision on NATO
Germany and the European Union are interested in the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transport system,  German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference after talks with  Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Berlin ...
President thanks Germany for returning Caravaggio’s “The Kiss of Judas” to Ukraine 12:50
President thanks Germany for returning Caravaggio’s “The Kiss of Judas” to Ukraine
President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych thanked Germany for returning Caravaggio’s “The Kiss of Judas”, which had been stolen from the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, to Ukraine." "I am very grateful for the opportunity to bring back ...
Yanukovych promised German businessmen new opportunities 10:56
Yanukovych promised German businessmen new opportunities
President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych met in Berlin with representatives of business circles of Germany, presidential press office reported. Addressing the audience, the Head of State stressed that most of them have the experience of work in ...

30 August 2010
Yanukovych: New stage opening in relations between Ukraine and Germany 16:58
Yanukovych: New stage opening in relations between Ukraine and Germany
Integration with the European Union is a strategic direction for Ukraine, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said after talks with German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, UKRINFORM reported.The head of state described work on ...
Gazprom promises cheap gas for Ukraine after JV with Naftogaz 14:30
Gazprom promises cheap gas for Ukraine after JV with Naftogaz
A joint venture of Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukrainian state oil and gas company Naftogaz will enable Ukrainians to buy Russian gas at the price of about $60 per 1,000 cu m, Gazprom CEO said. Gas prices for Ukrainian consumers now vary ...
Yanukovych excludes new gas crisis with Russia 12:51
Yanukovych excludes new gas crisis with Russia
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Saturday there will not be another gas crisis or disruption of gas supplies to EU countries. "I absolutely rule out a recurrence of this situation. This will not happen as long as I am president," ...
Parliament adopted amendments to local election law 11:06
Parliament adopted amendments to local election law
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has on Monday amended the law on the election of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, local councils, and mayors of villages, towns and cities, which was adopted by parliament on July 5, UKRINFORM ...

27 August 2010
Preparations for local elections on October 31 enter final stage 17:57
Preparations for local elections on October 31 enter final stage
The Central Election Commission has approved the form and color of voting ballots for the election of deputies to the Crimean parliament, local councils and the heads of villages, towns, and cities, which is scheduled for October 31, 2010.Ballots ...
Ukraine's PM emphasizes necessity for e-library of textbooks 16:32
Ukraine's PM emphasizes necessity for e-library of textbooks
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov says about the necessity for an electronic library of educational literature. Azarov noted that in the digital age we have all possibilities to solve problems of access to educational literature. Thus, according ...
Government initiates re-certification of higher education institutions 14:46
Government initiates re-certification of higher education institutions
The Government insists on re-certification of higher educational institutions, Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said opening a special extended meeting of the Government. Mykola Azarov noted that compared to 1990, the number of higher ...
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  Âåðñèÿ äëÿ ïå÷àòè Îòïðàâèòü ññûëêó äðóãó
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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Mysterious animal chupacabra killed in Ukrainian Chernigov region
Residents of the Ukrainian Chernigov region have killed an offspring of an animal unknown to vets but rumored as chupacabra. Village women from Chemer spotted a couple of strange beings on the streets near their plots, and a man killed one of the

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