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Ukraine to attend UN Human Rights Council session on June 2
14:07
01.06.2009A Ukrainian delegation will attend the 11th special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 2, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Vasyl Kyrylych has said.
BYT says parliament could consider defense minister's dismissal on Thursday
13:33
01.06.2009The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction in parliament has said that the parliament could consider the question of dismissing Yuriy Yekhanurov as Ukraine's defense minister at a plenary meeting on Thursday.
Communists propose dismissal of justice minister
12:53
01.06.2009The Ukrainian parliament registered on June 1 a bill on dismissing Mykola Onischuk as justice minister.
Ukrainian president, NBU, SBU chiefs discuss anti-corruption measures in banking sector
11:22
01.06.2009Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko on Monday met with National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh and Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko before the head of state left on a visit to the Vatican.
FC Vorskla Poltava wins Ukrainian Cup
10:12
01.06.2009FC Vorskla Poltava has won the Ukrainian Cup after beating UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in a final match on Sunday, May 31.
Ulianchenko sees Vakarash as her successor to post of Kyiv regional governor
14:44
30.05.2009Head of Ukraine's presidential secretariat Vira Ulianchenko sees the current deputy head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Viktor Vakarash as her successor to the post of regional governor.
IMF, World Bank urging Ukraine to start recovery of banking sector
12:33
30.05.2009Ukraine should get down to implementing the strategy of the banking sector recovery elaborated by the Ukrainian authorities together with international financial institutions.
Klychko sues Chernovetsky for claims he demanded land plot in Kyiv
18:57
29.05.2009Vitaliy Klychko, the leader of the eponymous bloc in Kyiv City Council, has lodged an appeal on the protection of his honor, dignity and business reputation against Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky for claiming that the boxer asked the mayor to allocate a two-hectare land plot for Klychko's boxing club.
Yuschenko discusses parliamentary cooperation, bilateral issues with Swedish speaker
18:06
29.05.2009Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko discussed the issues of parliamentary cooperation and bilateral relations with Swedish Parliament Speaker Per Westerberg at a meeting in Kyiv on Friday, the presidential press service has reported.
Speaker says parliament will consider defense minister's dismissal next week if conciliatory council decides so
18:05
29.05.2009The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, will consider the dismissal of Yuriy Yekhanurov as defense minister next plenary week if the heads of parliamentary factions back the consideration of this question at a conciliatory council meeting on Monday.
Banks cooperating with money-laundering center should be deprived of licenses, says Yuschenko
14:35
29.05.2009The banks, which cooperated with the money-laundering center, exposed by the Security Service of Ukraine in late May, should be deprived of licenses, including those on foreign exchange transactions, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said.
Ukraine's vice-premier hopes to see mechanisms on fighting crisis in Eastern Partnership program
12:54
29.05.2009Ukraine's deputy prime minister for integration with Europe, Hryhoriy Nemyria, has called on the European Union to elaborate on its measures aimed at helping the Ukrainian authorities solve the country's financial and economic crisis.
NSDC transferred because of Tymoshenko's illness, Yekhanurov's working trip, says press service
12:25
29.05.2009A meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has been transferred from May 29 to June 12 in connection with the illness of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the working trip of Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov.
Ukraine, Poland invite Baltic states to join peacekeeping brigade
10:58
29.05.2009Ukrainian and Polish defense ministers Yuriy Yekhanurov and Bogdan Klich have invited the Baltic states to join the initiative on the formation of a joint peacekeeping brigade.
Yuschenko calls for altering Ukraine-Russia gas agreement
10:36
29.05.2009President Viktor Yuschenko must resume negotiations on market terms for gas deliveries and gas transit.
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