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Yuschenko calls for revision of Naftogaz financing plan

11:33

31.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has called for the financing plan of the national gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy to be revised.

Yuschenko suggests introducing two-chamber parliament, independent cabinet and retaining direct presidential election

11:27

31.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has suggested amending the constitution to introduce a two-chamber parliament, to safeguard the cabinet's independence in the executive power system, and to retain direct presidential elections.

Ukrainian president calls for better relations with Russia

10:53

31.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko called for great improvements in Ukraine's relations with Russia, in his annual address to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukriane's parliament, on Tuesday.

Ukraine successfully integrating with EU and NATO, says Yuschenko

10:39

31.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that the country's European and Euro-Atlantic integration policies have been successful.

Tymoshenko calling for harmonious relations between Kyiv, Moscow

10:16

31.03.2009

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is calling for harmonious relation with Russia, however pledges to pursue Ukraine's interests in these relations.

President against recapitalization of national joint-stock companies through state bonds

19:36

30.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has criticized the government's plans to pay for stakes in national joint-stock companies using state bonds, Presidential Secretariat First Deputy Head Oleksandr Shlapak has said.

Official says agreements on Ukraine's gas transit system will be detailed in presidential decree

18:12

30.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has asked the government to study the draft of his decree on the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transit system and submit its proposals, Presidential Secretariat First Deputy Head Oleksandr Shlapak said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.

Shlapak says IMF mission will return to Ukraine this week if parliament passes three presidential bills

17:03

30.03.2009

The adoption by parliament on Tuesday of three bills from the president's anti-crisis package is a condition for the return of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Ukraine this week, Presidential Secretariat First Deputy Head Oleksandr Shlapak has said.

BYT ready to back Shamshur as foreign minister, says MP Kozhemiakin

16:11

30.03.2009

The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko's faction in parliament is ready to support Oleh Shamshur as Ukraine's foreign minister, faction deputy leader Andriy Kozhemiakin has said.

NATO parliamentary assembly president to visit Ukraine on April 6

14:50

30.03.2009

NATO Parliamentary Assembly President John Tanner will make an official visit to Ukraine on April 6, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Vasyl Kyrylych said at a Monday briefing

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to optimize diplomatic missions abroad

14:15

30.03.2009

The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has formed a working group to optimize Ukraine's diplomatic missions abroad, ministry's spokesman Vasyl Kyrylych has said.

Rada planning to hear president's address on April 1, says Regions Party MP

13:33

30.03.2009

The Verkhovna Rada will hear the president's annual address to the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday, April 1, Regions Party MP Anna Herman said after a parliament conciliatory council meeting.

Yuschenko planning to make address to Rada this week

13:22

30.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko is ready to make his annual address to the parliament this week, the deputy head of the presidential secretariat and president's envoy to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine has said.

Yuschenko believes bicameral parliament should be set up in Ukraine

12:45

30.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has once again called for a bicameral parliament to be set up in the country.

National network of family doctors to be established by 2010, says health minister

12:02

30.03.2009

The creation of a national network of family doctors and improvements in the medical emergency services will be key features of the reform of Ukraine's healthcare system, Health Minister Vasyl Kniazevych has said.