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Ukraine, Azerbaijan sign cooperation roadmap for 2009-2010

18:39

09.04.2009

Ukrainian and Azerbaijani Presidents Viktor Yuschenko and Ilham Aliyev have signed a roadmap for Ukrainian-Azerbaijani cooperation in 2009-2010.

Interior ministry registers UAH 43 million worth of bribes taken in 2009

17:35

09.04.2009

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry registered UAH 43 million worth of bribes taken this year, a member of the ministry's anti-corruption bureau, Taras Martynenko, said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.

Ukraine to propose merger of second and third tranches of IMF loan, to $5.6 b, says Tymoshenko

16:11

09.04.2009

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she is optimistic about the possible resumption of cooperation between Kyiv and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and is planning to propose that the second and third tranches of the fund's stand-by loan to the country be merged.

Odesa-Brody pipeline feasibility study to be endorsed on Apr 24 - Ukrainian presidential official

14:49

09.04.2009

A feasibility study on the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline will be endorsed in Poland in two weeks, Ukrainian presidential envoy on international energy issues Bohdan Sokolovsky told journalists while flying to Baku on Thursday.

Farming is the only sector of Ukraine's economy to show any growth, says Tymoshenko

13:10

09.04.2009

Farming has become the only sector of Ukraine's economy, which sees growth compared to the same period last year, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Head of Rada EU integration committee hopes Ukraine-EU talks on free trade zone end well

12:00

09.04.2009

The head of the parliamentary committee on European integration, Borys Tarasiuk, says he hopes that the free trade zone talks between Ukraine and European Union end successfully this year.

Yuschenko on visit to Azerbaijan

11:19

09.04.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko and his wife Kateryna Yuschenko left on a visit to Azerbaijan on April 9, the president's press service has reported.

Demands of pirates who seized tanker with two Ukrainians aboard remain unknown

18:58

08.04.2009

The demands of Somali pirates who seized the German ship Hansa Stavanger, operated by Hamburg-based Leonhardt & Blumberg, with two Ukrainians on board, remain unknown, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service reported on Wednesday.

Ukrainian authorities united in their desire to resume cooperation with IMF, says premier

18:05

08.04.2009

The Ukrainian authorities are united in their desire to resume the country's cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.

Ukraine's cooperation with the IMF to depend on parliament's work on April 14-15, says Yatseniuk

17:18

08.04.2009

The revival of Ukraine's cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will depend on voting in the Ukrainian parliament on April 14-15, the leader of the Front Zmin (Front for Change) public initiative and former parliament Speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk, has said.