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Poroshenko, foreign ministers of EU countries agree on roadmap for visa-free regime with EU

17:40

02.03.2010

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko and the foreign ministers of a number of European Union countries have agreed on the start of joint work on a roadmap for a visa-free regime with the EU, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service reported on Tuesday.

Ukraine will do whatever it takes to restore relations with Russia - Yanukovych

15:50

02.03.2010

Ukraine will do whatever it takes to restore healthy relations with neighboring Russia, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said.

Ukraine's national budget posts UAH 1.6 b in deficit in January, says finance ministry

14:18

02.03.2010

Ukraine's national budget in January 2010 posted a UAH 1.623 billion deficit, while in January 2009 the budget's surplus was UAH 1.648 billion, reads a posting on the Web site of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.

Ukrainian speaker announces break up of majority coalition in parliament

12:10

02.03.2010

Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn on Tuesday announced the termination of the parliamentary coalition.

Ukraine's foreign minister calls on politicians to unite to pursue European integration

10:42

02.03.2010

Ukrainian politicians should unite to pursue the idea of European integration, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said.

Herman: Yanukovych's first national trip as president will be to Kaniv

20:30

01.03.2010

Viktor Yanukovych's first national trip as Ukrainian president could be to the town of Kaniv in Cherkasy region on March 9, Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration Hanna Herman said in Brussels on Monday.

Yanukovych says Buzek praised his intention to resume pragmatic relations with Russia

19:22

01.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek praised his intentions to resume relations with "important international players" and, first and foremost, with Russia.

OU-PSD faction proposes Ukraine apply for EU membership

18:50

01.03.2010

Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc MP Mykola Katerynchuk has registered in parliament a bill on Ukraine's applying for membership of the European Union.

Government dismisses Moskal as deputy interior minister, chief of Interior Ministry's office in Crimea

16:57

01.03.2010

The Ukrainian government on Monday dismissed Hennadiy Moskal as deputy interior minister and chief of the Interior Ministry's office in Crimea, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Petro Krupko has said.

Yanukovych congratulates Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on birthday

15:35

01.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has congratulated Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the head of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, on his 70th birthday.