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Signing of new START in Kyiv will strengthen non-proliferation - Hryschenko

18:53

16.03.2010

The signing of the new strategic arms reductions treaty in Kyiv will help strengthen the non-proliferation regime, said Ukraine's Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko.

Lavrov, Hryschenko discuss preparations for Kyiv meeting of bilateral presidential commission

18:52

16.03.2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is going to visit Kyiv, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a press conference after talks with Ukrainian counterpart Kostiantyn Hryschenko.

BYT to demand parliament consider Tabachnyk's dismissal

14:01

16.03.2010

The parliamentary faction of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYT) is planning to demand that the Verkhovna Rada consider the question of Education and Science Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk's dismissal at its next meeting.

Ukraine's parliamentary coalition officially formed

12:30

16.03.2010

A list of 235 members of the Stability and Reform parliamentary coalition was published on Tuesday in the official newspaper of the Ukrainian parliament, Holos Ukrainy.

MP Zhvaniya: Current coalition could be reformatted

10:54

16.03.2010

Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) MP David Zhvaniya has said that talks on reformatting the current parliamentary coalition are continuing, his press service reported on Tuesday.

Ukrainian armed forces put Russian aircraft in service

16:04

15.03.2010

The Ukrainian armed forces have put in service the modernized Sukhoi Su-25 UBM1 combat trainer and the Su-25 M1 warplane, the Defense Ministry said on Monday in reference to an ordinance by Minister Mykhailo Yezhel.

Tymoshenko calls on opposition to unite

13:13

15.03.2010

Yulia Tymoshenko has called on a democratic opposition to unite.

Communists against holding Sea Breeze exercises in Ukraine

11:20

15.03.2010

The parliamentary faction of the Communist Party of Ukraine will vote against the admission in Ukraine of military subunits from NATO member states and the holding of Sea Breeze 2010 international exercises if such a bill is submitted for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, party leader Petro Symonenko has said.

IMF ready to back Ukraine's efforts aimed at economic growth

16:39

13.03.2010

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to support Ukraine's efforts aimed at economic growth, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Max Alier said after meeting with Vice Premier Sergiy Tigipko on Friday.

Signatures being collected in Lviv in support of dismissal of education minister Tabachnyk

20:56

12.03.2010

The Lviv branch of the For Ukraine! Party has started to collect signatures in support of the dismissal of Education and Science Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk, the regional organization's press service has reported.

Yanukovych hopes his meeting with Medvedev in Kyiv will be fruitful

16:58

12.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he hopes that he and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev will take a number of joint decisions during Medvedev's visit to Kyiv in the first half of 2010.

Yanukovych: I don't plan to replace NBU head in near future

15:20

12.03.2010

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has said he doesn't plan to replace head of the National Bank Volodymyr Stelmakh in the near future.

New law on prosecutor's office is to be adopted, says Medvedko

12:44

12.03.2010

A new law on prosecutor's office must be adopted in the near future, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Oleksandr Medvedko has said.

Prosecutor General calls on law-enforcement bodies to involve in investigation into use of budget funds by Tymoshenko's cabinet

11:53

12.03.2010

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Oleksandr Medvedko is calling on law-enforcement and oversight bodies to actively involve in an investigation into the lawfulness of the use of budget funds by the cabinet headed by Yulia Tymoshenko.

Yefremov becomes leader of Party of Regions

10:03

12.03.2010

Oleksandr Yefremov has become leader of the Party of Regions, according to MP Yaroslav Suhy.