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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.

Ukrainian MP Bohoslovska leaving Regions Party, plans to run for presidency

12:55

25.05.2009

MP Inna Bohoslovska of the Regions Party says she is leaving the party and plans to run for Ukraine's presidency.

Yuschenko invites gambling business representatives to help develop amendments to law banning gambling

12:20

25.05.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko together with representatives of the gambling business will work out and submit to the parliament this week proposals for the law on the temporary ban on the gambling business.

Ukraine's GDP may fall 20%-23% in Q1, says Yuschenko

11:03

25.05.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that that the fall of Ukraine's GPP in the first quarter of this year may reach 20%.

Seven killed, sixteen injured in coach accident near Lviv

10:14

25.05.2009

A coach carrying religious pilgrims crashed in Lviv at about 0700 on Sunday, killing seven people.