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Tymoshenko characterizes Party of Regions' rallies as insignificant
11:00
30.03.2009Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that the nationwide protest actions organized by the Party of Regions were insignificant.
Ukraine hoping for Japan's loan to cover national budget's deficit
15:24
28.03.2009The Ukrainian government hopes that Japan will be among the countries, which will help Ukraine cover its national budget's deficit, Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has said.
European Commissioner calling on Ukrainian parliament to finish political feud
13:28
28.03.2009The Ukrainian parliament should put away political differences while considering the package of laws aimed at getting the International Monetary Fund's stand-by loan and demonstrate their joint will to restore the balance of the Ukrainian budget, European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in an interview published in a Saturady's issue of the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror of the Week) Newspaper.
Ukrainian speaker believes government's action program is empty
12:04
28.03.2009Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn believes that the parliament should not consider the government's action program as it doesn't contain any concrete steps aimed at overcoming the crisis in Ukraine, but should better analyze the implementation of anti-crisis laws it had passed.
Ukraine launching profound reform of national gas market, says president
21:00
27.03.2009Ukraine has launched profound reform of the national gas market, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said.
Regions Party holds mass rallies in major Ukrainian cities
20:43
27.03.2009The Party of Regions on Friday held a number of rallies in protest against the incumbent authorities' policy in Kyiv, Donetsk, Kryvy Rih, Lviv, Chernihiv, Poltava, and other cities.
Agreements between EU and Kyiv on Ukraine's gas transportation system not against Russia, says EC representative
19:33
27.03.2009Marc Franco, the head of the European Commission Delegation in Moscow, does not agree with statements saying that the agreement on the modernization of Ukraine's gas transportation system recently signed by Kyiv and the EU are an unfriendly step vis-a-vis Russia.
Eastern partnership to reduce Ukraine's prospects for visa-free regime with EU
18:26
27.03.2009The Eastern Partnership initiative will lower the prospect of the introduction of a visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU member-states, deputy head of the presidential secretariat Andriy Honcharuk told reporters on Friday.
Kyiv mayor takes vacation
17:45
27.03.2009Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky has taken a vacation from March 27 until April 6.
Russian reaction to plans to modernize Ukraine's gas transit system emotional, says energy official
14:50
27.03.2009The emotional reaction by Russia to the declaration on modernizing Ukraine's gas transit system signed in Brussels was caused by its being unfamiliar with the actual content of the declaration, Ukrainian presidential commissioner for international energy security Bohdan Sokolovsky has said.
Ukraine's defense minister, US ambassador discuss military cooperation
14:15
27.03.2009Ukrainian Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor discussed the state of bilateral military cooperation and prospects for its development at a meeting in Sevastopol on Thursday, the press center of the Ukrainian fleet's command has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Euro 2012 sales may fall by EUR 100 million, says UEFA
13:05
27.03.2009European soccer's regional championships will have a decline in sales for the first time since 1996 because of the credit crunch and the lack of local sponsors in Poland and Ukraine, the Bloomberg news agency has reported, with reference to UEFA Vice President and Treasurer Marios Lefkaritis.
President thanks government, Naftogaz for supporting idea of modernizing Ukraine's gas transit system
12:10
27.03.2009Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has thanked the Cabinet of Ministers and national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy for their active support for the initiative of 2006 to modernize the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) so that it is brought into line with technical, technological, organizational and safety standards of the European Union.
Gas transport system modernization won't hurt Eurasian interests, says Ukrainian diplomat
11:58
27.03.2009The modernization of the four transit routes of the Ukrainian gas transit system (GTS), stipulated at an international investment conference in Brussels, poses no threat to other countries, an adviser on energy issues at the Mission of Ukraine to the EU, Viacheslav Kniazhnytsky, has said.
No serious work to modernize Ukraine's gas transportation system without gas producer's involvement, says Ukrainian parliament speaker
20:47
26.03.2009Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, Volodymyr Lytvyn believes that while modernizing its gas transportation system, Ukraine should build normal relations both with Russia and Europe.
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