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British tanker with Russians, Ukrainians on board hijacked off Somali

12:00

29.12.2009

Somali pirates have hijacked a UK-flagged tanker with Russians and Ukrainians on board, according to the Maritime Bulletin Web site.

Head of Ukraine's main control and revision office dies

11:05

29.12.2009

Head of the Main Control and Revision Office (MCRO) of Ukraine Mykola Syvulsky died in the early hours of Tuesday, December 29, Interfax-Ukraine has learned from the MRCO reception room.

Ukraine will see 13-14% inflation this year, says presidential secretariat's spokesman

21:23

28.12.2009

The Ukrainian president's secretariat forecasts Ukraine's inflation in 2009 will be 13-14%, Oleksandr Shlapak, the secretariat's first deputy head, said in Zaporizhia on Monday.

Hrytsenko proposes law granting president the right to use military force abroad

17:48

28.12.2009

Chairman the parliament's committee for national security and defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko has proposed to give Ukraine's president the right to apply the Armed Forces beyond Ukraine's borders.

Yanukovych leading as Ukraine presidential candidate - poll

16:32

28.12.2009

Former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych, today leader of the opposition Party of Regions, will win the largest single proportion of votes in Ukraine's January 17 presidential election while incumbent Viktor Yuschenko can only expect negligible results, an opinion poll suggests.

Court rescinds CEC's warning against Tymoshenko for using state resources in campaign

14:30

28.12.2009

Kyiv's Administrative Court of Appeal has cancelled a warning issued by the Central Election Commission against presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko for using official state resources in her presidential campaign, the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko's (BYT) press service reported on Monday.

Ukrainian government to allocate funds to purchase An-148 airplanes via land plots sale

13:40

28.12.2009

The Cabinet of Ministers plans to allocate UAH 123.2 million to the Transport and Communications Ministry to purchase An-148 airplanes via the funds received from the sale of agricultural land.

Yuschenko blames Tymoshenko for failure to adopt 2010 budget

10:30

28.12.2009

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is personally responsible for the failure to timely adopt the country's budget for next year, President Viktor Yuschenko said.

Tymoshenko claims voters are being bribed in western and central Ukraine

17:16

26.12.2009

Voters are being bribed in western and central regions of Ukraine, incumbent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is running in this year's presidential elections, has said.

Towboat provides fuel, food, technical assistance to freed Ariana vessel, says Ukrainian Foreign Ministry

16:14

26.12.2009

On Saturday, December 26, at 0500 Kyiv time, Kenya's Soland towboat docked with the Ariana vessel, which was recently freed after being held in captivity for seven months by pirates, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service has said.

Tymoshenko says Shuster threatened to call security if she appeared on his Friday TV show

15:21

26.12.2009

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that Savik Shuster, the host of the "Shuster Live" Friday night talk show on the TRK-Ukraine television channel, threatened to call security if she tried to enter the studio during the question-and-answer session of her presidential rival Viktor Yanukovych.

Yuschenko says he will "never" take premier's job under Yanukovych

13:07

26.12.2009

President Viktor Yuschenko said that a document leaked to the Ukrainian media specifying an alleged secret deal with his presidential election rival Viktor Yanukovych is a phony.

Outgoing year was one of the most difficult ones in Georgia's recent history – Saakashvili

11:07

26.12.2009

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has described the outgoing year as one of the most difficult ones for Georgia in its recent history.

Tigipko describes corruption as Ukraine's main enemy

19:05

25.12.2009

Candidate for Ukrainian president Sergiy Tigipko has said that corruption is Ukraine's main enemy.

Tymoshenko to debate with Yanukovych on Shuster Live show, says her spokeswoman

18:00

25.12.2009

Candidate for Ukrainian president and incumbent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will participate in the Shuster Live show on the Ukraina television channel on Friday, which is also to be attended by her opponent, presidential candidate and Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych, the premier's spokeswoman, Maryna Soroka, has told Interfax-Ukraine.