On February 5, partly cloudy weather, no essential precipitations, fog at night

Agency director Vitalii Bala said that gas talks have priority in Ukraine`s national security system

The bill drafted the VR by the Communist faction that would have extended the moratorium on alienation of agricultural lands until January 1, 2011, received only 177 votes. This opened the way for the setting up of a free land

The bill on the Cabinet of Ministers drafted by the Presidential Secretariat coincides with last year's draft of the document submitted by the government under Viktor Yanukovych by 90%. Be that as it may, there are many principal differences masked

There are plans in the works to set up the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), a body that will clamp down on corruption among high-ranking officials. Interior Minister Lutsenko says MPs and top government officials from the premier and

All of Ukraine's airports, including even the relatively well-off Boryspil International in the nation's capital, require considerable investments. More than UAH 1 bn have been allocated in the 2008 budget for the reconstruction and modernization of airports throughout the country.

President of the Boris medical company Mykhailo Radutskiy says swimming in icy waters is ill-advised to people with cardiovascular diseases or low immunity. Radutskiy explained, "When go out onto the ice you should put on some footwear so as not

Ukraine's celebs are quickly growing accustomed to ice diving as a hobby. The former head of the department of state affairs Ihor Bakai was considered Ukraine's underwater diving enthusiast. These days Bakai can fully devote himself to his favorite pastime

President Viktor Yushchenko asked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to inform the European Union and NATO of the government action plan during her visit to Belgium on January 28-29. President's Secretariat Deputy Chief Oleksandr Chalyi said the president has signed the

Traffic fines for "driving under the influence" (DUI) increased from UAH 255 to UAH 2,550 and for running a red light from UAH 8.5 to UAH 204. The traffic police is getting the right to take away violators directly to

United States Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor says Ukrainian people should make the decision on whether Ukraine should join NATO. "The decision that will be made [regarding accession to NATO] is a decision not for Americans, not for European countries,

The Communist Party of Ukraine says is initiating national protests against Ukraine's entering NATO. In a statement issued Friday, the party condemns authorities for their intention to deepen cooperation with NATO. "Ukraine's accession to NATO would surely worsen its relations

The Cabinet of Ministers gave the State Tax Administration and the State Customs Service the green light to ignore illegal tax exemptions, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told a press conference. "In order to protect our Customs, Tax Administration, and other

The Bloc of Lytvyn advocates complete change of the Constitution. The bloc's leader Volodymyr Lytvyn announced this during the meeting of President Viktor Yuschenko with the leaders of the parliamentary parties, reads the report of the presidential press service issued

Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko says the police have uncovered serious corrupt patterns involving allocation of land in Kyiv. Talking to the press Friday, tne minister said dummy persons were involved during the allocation of a thousand hectares of Kyiv land.

President Viktor Yushchenko says modernization and development of the Ukrainian gas transport system is a top priority for the country. In a statement, the presidential press service quoted Yushchenko's report at an annual session of the World Economic Forum in

Transport and Communications Minister Yosyp Vinskyi told a press conference said the government is studying the possibility of reconstruction of airports in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Odesa and Lviv in connection with the Euro Cup 2012. "Smaller airports are in

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has called for adoption of a tax code in 2008. "We will exert all efforts so that we can already come to a tax code with a systemic and clear logic for business in 2009," Tymoshenko

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is promising to investors that the procedure for allocation of non-agricultural land to them will be reduced from three to four years to three or four months. At a meeting with investors Thursday, Tymoshenko called land

Kyiv prosecutor's office has opened a criminal case against Interior Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko. "Deputy prosecutor of Kyiv has opened a criminal case against Lutsenko," said the Prosecutor-General's Office spokesman Yuriy Boichenko. He said the case was filed thу case