Ukrainian government lifts ban on start of hunting season

13:50

The Ukrainian government has lifted a ban on the beginning of the hunting season, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

According to an Interfax-Ukraine reporter, Azarov, while opening a government meeting in Kyiv on Thursday, said that "a temporary ban on the start of the hunting season was one of the preventive measures against wildfires."

"Today there's no need for the ban, so the government lifted it, and the hunters may now go hunting," Azarov said.

He noted that the local authorities, based on the specific circumstances of ensuring fire safety, still had the right to impose certain restrictions.

"We'll give such a right to local administrations," he added.

02.09.2010