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Ukraine announces tender for assessment of GTS, says energy minister
15:50
21.01.2012Ukraine this week has announced a tender to select an appraiser of its gas transportation system (GTS), Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko has said.
Ukraine plans to reduce volume of gas purchased from Russia starting 2013, says Boiko
14:58
21.01.2012Ukraine intends to gradually reduce the volume of gas bought from Russia starting from 2013, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko said.
Premier projects Russian gas price in 1Q at $412.5 per 1,000 cubic meters
20:41
20.01.2012The price of Russian natural gas to be imported to Ukraine in the first quarter of 2012 will be $412.5 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's presentation prepared for his Friday press conference on the results of 2011.
Azarov: trilateral consortium the only solution to gas problem
17:54
20.01.2012Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said that Ukraine took no unilateral actions during the gas negotiations with Russia, and the only solution to the gas problem could be creation of a trilateral gas consortium for the management of the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS).
Ukraine's ex-president Kuchma cleared of criminal charges related to reporter's murder
13:21
20.01.2012A court of appeals in Kyiv has upheld the decision not to start a criminal case against Ukraine's second president Leonid Kuchma [whose tenure lasted from 1995 to 2005], related to his suspected involvement in the killing of reporter Georgy Gongadze.
French human rights ambassador on Tymoshenko situation: 'There will be chances to question Ukraine very seriously'
12:53
20.01.2012The French Foreign Ministry has expressed its concern over the fact that the country's human rights ambassador, Francois Zimeray, was not allowed to visit former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the Kachanivska penal colony.
MP Hrytsenko: Ukraine does not need Russian gas
12:07
20.01.2012The head of the Ukrainian parliament's committee on national security and defense, the leader of the Civil Position Party, MP Anatoliy Hrytsenko, has said that Ukraine does not need Russian gas.
Only Russia knows aim of South Stream's construction, says US official
19:56
19.01.2012Only Russia knows the aim of the construction of the South Stream pipeline, Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar said in his speech during a conference entitled "Natural Gas and Energy Future of Ukraine" in Kyiv on Thursday, according to a participant of the conference.
Energy security, gas talks with Russia on agenda of NSDC meeting, says source
18:19
19.01.2012Issues of energy security will be on the agenda of a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) on January 20, an informed source has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Court passes three-year sentence on Roman Landik
13:03
19.01.2012Leninsky District Court of Luhansk has passed a three-year sentence on Roman Landik, the son of Regions Party MP Volodymyr Landik, two-years of which were suspended.
President appoints Rokytsky as acting SBU chief
13:02
19.01.2012Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has instructed First Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Head of the Main Department for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime Volodymyr Rokytsky to temporarily fulfill the duties of the SBU chief.
Ambulance called for Lutsenko, lawyers asks court to postpone hearing of case
10:56
19.01.2012Ihor Fomin, a lawyer for former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, has asked the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv to announce a break in a court session on Thursday due to the worsening of his client's health and move the hearing to another date.
No unanimity about likely new chief of SBU among Ukrainian politicians
21:09
18.01.2012There is no single opinion about a candidate for the post of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine among the country's politicians, according to sources of Interfax-Ukraine.
Kharkiv Chornobyl cleanup workers seeking assistance of French human rights ambassador
19:43
18.01.2012Chairman of the all-Ukrainian Association of Chornobyl cleanup workers Volodymyr Proskurin has said that he has the information that the authorities plan to institute new criminal cases against Chornobyl cleanup activists.
Emergencies minister asking premier to ensure adequate funding for flood prevention in Ukraine
19:01
18.01.2012Emergency Situations Minister of Ukraine Viktor Baloha has asked Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to provide adequate funding for prevention of flooding in the country, the Emergencies Ministry's press service reported.
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