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Seventy-three houses, 282 courtyards remain flooded in Kherson region

12:20

08.03.2010

Seventy-three houses and 282 courtyards remained flooded in Kherson region as of morning on Monday, March 8, Emergencies Ministry spokesman Ihor Kril has told Interfax-Ukraine.

Yanukovych greets Ukrainian women with 8th of March

14:00

06.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has greeted women with the 8th of March.

Azarov would be next premier, says Tymoshenko

12:55

06.03.2010

Mykola Azarov, MP from the Party of Regions would be next premier, according to the BYT leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

Eighty-three houses and over 300 courtyards flooded in Kherson region, says emergencies ministry

12:37

06.03.2010

As of 0700 am on March 6, a total of 83 houses and 349 courtyards have been flooded with subterranean waters and run-off waters.

Putin invites Ukraine to join Russian-Belarusian-Kazakh Customs Union

18:01

05.03.2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has invited Ukraine to join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

MP Katerynchuk appeals at court against speaker's decision to announce termination of coalition

17:02

05.03.2010

MP Mykola Katerynchuk of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense bloc's faction has appealed to court asking it to recognize that Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn's announcement of the disbandment of the coalition has no legal consequences.

Ukraine to build relations with NATO proceeding from its national interests - Yanukovych

16:32

05.03.2010

Ukraine will build its relations with NATO proceeding from its national interests, said Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Turchynov: talk of gas transportation consortium is betrayal of national interests

12:15

05.03.2010

The Ukrainian government believes that President Viktor Yanukovych's plans to create a consortium on the basis of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, its rent or other forms of joint ownership, are the betrayal of national interests, acting Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov has said.

Tigipko not interested in post of National Security and Defense Council chief

11:40

05.03.2010

Sergiy Tigipko, who came third in Ukraine's presidential election in 2010, has said he is not interested in the post of the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).

Yuschenko congratulates Our Ukraine on fifth anniversary

11:25

05.03.2010

Viktor Yuschenko has congratulated the members, voters and supporters of the Our Ukraine Party on the fifth anniversary of its creation, the party's official Web site reported on Friday.

Head of state commission on securities and stock market resigns

10:46

05.03.2010

Chairman of the State Commission on Securities and Stock Market of Ukraine Serhiy Petrashko has resigned, the commission's press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.

Lukash appointed first deputy head of Yanukovych's administration, representative at Constitutional Court

20:57

04.03.2010

Olena Lukash has been appointed first deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration - representative of the president at the Constitutional Court.

Parliament speaker forecasts adoption of 2010 budget not earlier than May 2010

18:57

04.03.2010

The national budget for 2010 can be adopted no earlier than May 2010, forecasts Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.

Tymoshenko vacates premier's post, says press secretary

17:43

04.03.2010

Yulia Tymoshenko has resigned from the post of prime minister of Ukraine, Tymoshenko's press secretary Maryna Soroka has said.

NOC President Bubka: Results of Ukrainian Olympic team in Vancouver were expected

16:12

04.03.2010

President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine Serhiy Bubka has said the results of the Ukrainians Olympic team during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were expected.