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NOC presented sports and parade uniforms for national Ukrainian Olympic team

12:17

15.01.2010

The Ukrainian National Olympic Committee (NOC) together with its official partner in preparing the national Ukrainian Olympic team, the Bosco Sport Company, which belongs to the group of the Bosco companies (Russia), have presented the sports and parade uniforms for the national Olympic team of Ukraine.

Yuschenko promises not to allow forceful resolution of presidential election in Ukraine

10:39

15.01.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that he will not allow confrontation or application of force following the announcement of the January 17 presidential election returns.

Yanukovych pledges not to allow disruption of presidential ballot in Ukraine

09:50

15.01.2010

Candidate for Ukraine's president and leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych has said that he will not allow the January 17 presidential ballot to be disrupted.

Hrytsenko not planning to support Yuschenko in presidential election

18:40

14.01.2010

Presidential candidate Anatoliy Hrytsenko has said that he is not planning to withdraw his candidacy to support another candidate, including incumbent President Viktor Yuschenko.

Lytvyn not ruling out repeat of mass protests in 2010

18:20

14.01.2010

Verkhovna Rada Chairman and presidential candidate Volodymyr Lytvyn has said he does not rule out a repeat of the presidential election scenario of 2004 in 2010.

Interior Ministry denies claims of involvement of men dressed as police in scuffle near government

17:40

14.01.2010

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry's collegium has denied allegations by presidential candidate and Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych that men dressed as police officers were involved in a scuffle with participants in a protest held outside the building of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday.

Decline in flu and acute respiratory infection rate seen in Ukraine, says chief sanitary inspector

13:37

14.01.2010

There has been a decline in the influenza and acute respiratory infection rate in Ukraine, First Deputy Health Minister and Ukraine's Chief Sanitary Inspector Oleksandr Bilovol said at a sitting of the parliament on Wednesday.

Presidential candidate Tigipko spends UAH 90 m on his election campaign

12:04

14.01.2010

Presidential Candidate Sergiy Tigipko has spent UAH 90 million on his election campaign, he announced on Wednesday at a press conference dedicated to the results of his election campaign.

Ukraine's parliament closes its special meeting

10:58

14.01.2010

Thursday's special meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has closed.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, OSCE's observers to keep in contact during presidential election

10:10

14.01.2010

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko has met with the head of a monitoring mission of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) for Ukraine's presidential election, Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini.

CEC could register Georgian observers on Thursday after court ruling

18:00

13.01.2010

Kyiv's Administrative Court of Appeals has obliged the Central Election Commission (CEC) to reconsider the registration of international official observers from Georgia, CEC Deputy Head Andriy Mahera has told Interfax-Ukraine.

Yuschenko describes CEC's refusal to register Georgian observers as 'yellow card' for democracy

16:30

13.01.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that the Central Election Commission's (CEC) refusal to register Georgian observers for the January 17 presidential election in Ukraine is a "yellow card" for Ukrainian democracy.

Yuschenko: Absence of funds could disrupt work of election commissions

16:20

13.01.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said he fears that the absence of funds on election day could disrupt the work of certain election commissions.

NBU asks banks to set currency rates cautiously

14:40

13.01.2010

The National Bank of Ukraine has drawn bank heads' attention to the need to cautiously set rates of foreign currency sale and purchase while performing operations with the bank's clients and other banks.

Tymoshenko accuses Regions Party of preparing to rig presidential election

12:41

13.01.2010

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is running for president, has said that large-scale falsification of the presidential election is planned by her principal opponent in the presidential race - Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych.