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Yanukovych sets up committee on economic reform, becomes its head

18:30

26.02.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has formed a committee on economic reform as an advisory agency under the head of state, and appointed himself its head.

Vasiunyk: Medical team formed as part of Euro 2012 preparations

17:00

26.02.2010

Medical workers from the four Ukrainian cities that are to host the Euro 2012 European Football Championship will be sent to European countries to undergo training, Vice Premier Ivan Vasiunyk has said.

Speaker: Yanukovych, Tymoshenko should meet, even 'gritting their teeth'

16:40

26.02.2010

Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has said that a meeting between President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko would be expedient.

NATO hoping to continue effective cooperation with Ukraine under President Yanukovych

12:22

26.02.2010

NATO hopes to continue effective cooperation with Ukraine under President Viktor Yanukovych, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Security Cooperation and Partnership General Robert Simmons said in an interview to Ukrainian media on Friday.

Akhmetov: Ideals of 'orange revolution' won at election in 2010

11:23

26.02.2010

Rinat Akhmetov, an MP from the Regions Party, has said that ideals and values for which the people fought in 2004 won at the presidential election in 2010.

Shakhtar thrown out of Europa League

10:20

26.02.2010

England's Fulham has thrown Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk out of the Europa League.

For Ukraine! group of deputies not in coalition talks

18:40

25.02.2010

For Ukraine! group of deputies who represent the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) faction is not holding any talks with the Regions Party or the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko on the creation of a parliamentary coalition, For Ukraine! Party Deputy Head Kseniya Liapina has said.

French secretary of state meets with Poroshenko, Tigipko and Yatseniuk

17:50

25.02.2010

French Secretary of State for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche, who represented the leadership of his country at the ceremony of the inauguration of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, held meetings with Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko and candidates in the last presidential election, Sergiy Tigipko and Arseniy Yatseniuk, as part of his visit to Kyiv on Thursday.

Tymoshenko: European Parliament resolution a sign of support for Ukraine's integration aspirations

16:10

25.02.2010

he adoption by the European Parliament of a resolution that helps Ukraine apply for membership of the European Union is a sign of support for all of Ukraine's integration aspirations, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.

Yanukovych to visit Moscow on March 5

14:50

25.02.2010

Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych plans to visit Russia on March 5, presidential administration deputy chief Anna German told Interfax.