Ukraine is interested in stepping up cooperation with Belarus, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko said at a meeting with Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sigorsky in Kyiv on Friday, Interfax-Ukraine reported. The president stressed that he would call on the government and

The Prime Minter Yulia Tymoshenko has held a meeting with Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky in a tête-à-tête and enlarged format, government portal reported. The Head of Ukrainian Government emphasized that Ukraine attaches huge importance to cooperation with Belarus.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has called on the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to protect Ukrainians if they are discriminated against while trying to get visas to EU member-states. "I am asking the Foreign Ministry to tell our ambassadors and consuls that

On June 12, Focus magazine presented its third annual rating "55 Best Cities for Living in Ukraine". The city of Lviv became the winner of the rating-2009, Unian reported. In particular, Lviv occupied the top position by a number of

Yulia Tymoshenko urgently does to Volyn oblast. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has set up an operative staff for mitigation of consequences of the natural disaster in Volyn oblast, chaired by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, ForUm

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine forwarded Viktor Yushchenko an interpellation concerning necessity to remove the NBU chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh from his position, the ForUm's correspondent informs. 319 out of 433 MPs registered in the session hall voted for this interpellation.

German newspaper Bild retracted a report on a drunken incident with Oleksandr Lutsenko, the son of Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, at Frankfurt Airport. Kyiv Post reported. A well-informed source told Interfax-Ukraine that according to the decision taken by Berlin land

The Party of Regions has not stopped negotiations process with the BYuT faction. MP from the Party of Regions Vadym Kolesnichenko said, the ForUm's correspondent informs. Kolesnichenko confirmed continuation of negotiations between the Party of Regions and BYuT on issues

National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova has said she is confident that early parliamentary elections should be held before presidential polls, according to Kyiv Post. National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova has said she is confident

Thus, the deficit of banks in January-April was UAH 7.1 billion.

Kyrylenko said that the Verkhovna Rada budget committee has already considered this bill and if the comparative tables are spread among the deputies by the second reading, this issue can be considered on Thursday.

Yuschenko announced this at a meeting on the financial state of Naftohaz Ukrainy, which took place at the company's central office in Kyiv.

With 300 votes required to override president's vetoes, 390 MPs supported the ban on doing gambling business in Ukrainian population centers.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has taken Ukrhazbank, ranking among Ukrainian largest commercial banks, under its provisional administration.

Two hundred and thirty deputies with the required two hundred and twenty-six have voted the related draft law No. 0876.

In western Ukraine, cloudy weather with clearings, rains, downpours in places, storms, hail in places, and northwestern wind of 7-12 m/s, with gusts of 19-24 m/s in places, are expected. Temperature will stand at +10...+15 C at night, and at

The head of the state has made a decision to postpone his state visit to Australia," said Iryna Vannikova, President's press secretary.

He has said this at Naftohaz Ukrainy.

Turchynov urged the Internal Affairs Ministry to take measures on full provision of all outlets of the state-run Oschadbank (Savings Bank) and the Ukreximbank, state export-import bank, with the video surveillance systems.

Ihor Didenko, the first deputy CEO of Naftohaz Ukrainy, said this at a meeting concerning the financial conditions of the national company.