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Rada can dismiss defense minister without president's presentation, says deputy justice minister

14:06

27.05.2009

Ukraine's Deputy Justice Ministry Yevhen Korniychuk has said that the Verkhovna Rada can dismiss Defense Minister without a presentation from Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko.

Libya ready to deliver 600,000 tonnes of oil to Kremenchuk oil refinery, says Tymoshenko

13:04

27.05.2009

Libya is ready to supply up to 600,000 tonnes of oil to Ukraine for Kremenchuk oil refinery (operated by CJSC Ukrtatnafta, Poltava region), Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said before a government meeting on Wednesday.

Tymoshenko accuses previous government of misappropriating Libya's payment for three Ukrainian aircraft

12:35

27.05.2009

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has accused the previous government of misappropriating funds provided by Libya for the supply of three aircraft produced in Ukraine.

OU-PSD MP calling on president to sign law banning gambling business in Ukraine

10:57

27.05.2009

MP Viacheslav Kyrylenko, leader of the For Ukraine! group of the Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense faction, has called on president Viktor Yuschenko to sign the law introducing a ban on gambling business in Ukraine, the presidential press service reported.

Ukrainian crewmember of freed Patriot vessel decides to stay aboard until end of voyage, says Foreign Ministry

10:16

27.05.2009

The Patriot vessel with one Ukrainian national aboard, which was released by Somali pirates on May 19, has arrived in the port of Al Hudaydah, Yemen.

Yuschenko not planning to submit motion dismissing Yekhanurov as defense minister

18:21

26.05.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said he is not planning to submit a motion on dismissing Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov.

Libya to study possible construction of oil refinery in Ukraine, says premier

18:20

26.05.2009

Libya will soon send a working group to Ukraine to study the economic feasibility of Kyiv's proposal to build an oil refinery with an annual processing capacity of up to ten million tonnes, Secretary of the Libyan General People's Committee al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi has said.

Russia, Ukraine could sign by July 15 contract on nuclear fuel supplies, memo on plant construction

13:36

26.05.2009

Russia and Ukraine could sign by July 15 a package of agreements on the nuclear sector concerning long-term supplies of fuel for Ukrainian nuclear power plants and the construction of an enterprise producing nuclear fuel in Ukraine, head of Ukraine's National Atomic Energy Company Energoatom Yuriy Nedashkovsky has told reporters....

Ukraine offers Libya project on production and export of up to 4 m tonnes of grain

12:15

26.05.2009

Ukraine has offered Libya to expand cooperation in the farm sector and implement a project to grow, store and ship up to four million tons of grain a year, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.

Kyiv offers Libya to build oil refinery, gas stations in Ukraine

10:33

26.05.2009

Kyiv is interested in raising its energy independence so it has offered Libya to set up an oil refinery in Ukraine capable of processing 10 million tonnes of crude oil per year, as well as to open a number of gas stations, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.

Dynamo Kyiv coach Semin close to return to Lokomotiv Moscow

20:04

25.05.2009

The Russian coach of FC Dynamo Kyiv, Yuri Semin, could decide on leaving the club and returning to Lokomotiv Moscow after the team's match against Shakhtar Donetsk in Kyiv on Tuesday, a well-informed official at the club has told Interfax-Ukraine.

President soon to sign decree helping small businesses during crisis

18:07

25.05.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said he is planning soon to sign a decree on certain issues of eliminating administrative obstacles to holding entrepreneurial activity amid the global financial crisis.

President sure parliament will reject his candidates for ministers

17:36

25.05.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said he is sure that parliament will reject his proposals for candidates to government posts appointed under his quota.

Kuwait interested in cooperating with Ukraine, says minister

16:21

25.05.2009

Kuwait's Minister of Commerce & Industry, Ahmad Al-Abdullah has said his country is intersted in deepening cooperation with Ukraine.

NBU buys around $160 m last week, says president

14:01

25.05.2009

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) from May 18 to May 22 bought around $160 million on the interbank currency market, driven by the improvement of the situation with foreign trade, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko said during a business forum held in Kyiv on Monday.