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President gives government one month to reform energy market, Naftogaz

19:00

09.06.2009

National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy will be able to meet its commitments and buy imported gas only if the government reforms the company and the country's energy market within 30 days, President Viktor Yuschenko has said.

Yuschenko to select candidate for defense minister tonight

17:15

09.06.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that he will select a candidate for defense minister tonight.

MP says debate on constitution will end after replacement of president, premier

16:02

09.06.2009

Regions Party MP Valeriy Konovaliuk has said he is sure that talk of constitutional issues will die away as soon as the president and premier are replaced in Ukraine.

Six miners killed, seven missing after Donetsk mine blast, according to TV channel

09:59

09.06.2009

The accident that occurred in a Donetsk mine on June 8 left six miners dead and seven others are still missing, Ukraine's Inter television reported on Tuesday.

Ten miners missing after Donetsk mine blast

17:10

08.06.2009

As of 1500, the fate of ten miners trapped underground as a result of a collapse at the Skochynsky coalmine in Donetsk remains unknown.

Two dead miners found at Ukrainian mine blast site

15:50

08.06.2009

Rescuers have found two dead miners at the Skochynsky coalmine in Donetsk, where a discharge of ore or coal-and-gas mixture occurred on Monday.

President, Regions Party blocking passing anti-crisis bills in Ukrainian parliament, says PM

15:24

08.06.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko and the Party of Regions are blocking the adoption of the anti-crisis laws by the parliament, said Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

21 miners missing after accident at Donetsk coalmine

13:28

08.06.2009

Fate of 21 people, missing after a discharge of ore or coal-and-gas mixture at the Skochynsky coalmine in Donetsk, remains unknown.

Premier expresses condolences over deaths of children in Mexico nursery fire

15:05

06.06.2009

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has expressed her condolences to Mexican President Felipe Calderon over the deaths of 29 children in the Mexican city of Hermosillo.

Naftogaz fully pays Gazprom for gas supplied in May, says spokesman

14:50

06.06.2009

National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy has fully paid Russia's Gazprom for gas supplied in May, Naftogaz spokesman Valentyn Zemliansky has said.

Security official predicts creation of new coalition

13:49

06.06.2009

The chairman of the parliamentary committee for national security and defense, Head of Civil Position NGO Anatoliy Hrytsenko has said that the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYT) and the Regions Party will soon form a coalition, however, in his opinion, it will fail to implement their draft constitution.

Ukrainian government appoints temporary acting defense minister

19:46

05.06.2009

The Ukrainian government has appointed first deputy defense minister Valeriy Ivaschenko temporary acting head of the Defense Ministry.

First case of A (H1N1) virus officially confirmed in Ukraine, says Health Ministry

18:18

05.06.2009

The first case of the A (H1N1) virus, also known as swine flu, has been officially confirmed in Ukraine, the country's Health Ministry reported on Friday.

Yuschenko views Defense Minister Yekhanurov dismissal as politically-motivated

17:12

05.06.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has called purely political the Verkhovna Rada's decision to dismiss Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, presidential press secretary Iryna Vannykova said at a news briefing on Friday.

EU won't finance Ukraine's gas transit system modernization without transparent financing, says Yuschenko

16:06

05.06.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that without transparent financial procedures, the European Union will not take part in financing the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.