KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko used the veto power to the Law "On Making Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On State Budget of Ukraine for 2009" and some other Laws of Ukraine", the Head of State told

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian tennis player Viktoria Kutuzova has qualified for the main draw of this season's third Wimbledon tennis tournament in Great Britain. The No.1 seed Ukrainian defeated Greece's Anna Gerasimou (6, 6:3, 6:4) in the first round.

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. A memorandum of understanding on a 10-year financial lease of 30 regional jets An-148 and 15 medium-range passenger Tu-204CM was signed at the Le Bourget international air show in Paris. Signing the document were Alexandr Rubtsov,

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. Sugar beet production in the new marketing year in Ukraine (marketing year, September 2009/August 2010) will make up 1.2-1.3 million tons, 23.8-17.4% less against the 2008/2009 marketing year, the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. There are more than 1 million Ukrainian citizens to have suffered from the Holodomor 1932-1933 today, says Ihor Yukhnovsky, President of the Ukrainian National Remembrance Institute. According to him, information about those suffered is being collected

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. The State Enterprise 'Kyiv aviation plant 'Aviant' will participate in building 30 regional passenger planes An-148 for the Russia-based Atlant-Soyuz airline. The agreement to this effect was reached at the Le Bourget international air show in

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. In January-April, a financial result of the Ukrainian enterprises from ordinary activities before taxation reduced by 77.6% against the same period of the previous year, but it improved against indexes of Q1 2009, the State Statistics

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko expressed her belief that the Govt will adopt the decision on passenger transport support of the UEFA EURO 2012 by the Ukrainian car manufacturers, as she reported at a presentation of the Ukrainian enhanced

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko held a meeting with Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Foreign Minister of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski. The parties discussed issue of external relations, in particular in the trade and economic sphere. Besides, the talked

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko at the beginning of today's Govt sitting reported that data, provided by the State Statistics Committee, on reduction of the industrial production by 32% based on the results of five months, witnesses to start

Today a Memorandum on cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, higher educational establishments and leading companies of Ukraine was signed in Kyiv. The project Intercorporate University has to facilitate synergy between knowledge, received at universities, and

The opening of the Odesa Dolphinarium Nemo in summer 2005 became one of the most unforgettable event in the city's history. It is the Ukraine's single Dolphinarium that works all the year round thank to retractable roof that allows for

Yesterday, the lawn placing on the Donbass Arena Stadium came to the end. The stadium was coated with meadow bluegrass (lat. Poa pratensis) that is the plant of bluegrass species, fodder grass, one of the earliest cereals. Grows on different,

According to Stadium Construction Agency Manager Vitaliy Sulyma, there are no threats for financial support or slowing down the construction of the Lviv's future stadium for UEFA EURO 2012 . The cost of the first stage of basement construction has

Agriculture is one of key parts in the talks to create free trade zone between Ukraine and the EU, said EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel during her visit of farm enterprises in Cherkasy region at

Shemetas Arvidas A combine works in a field of Crimea. /Photo from the author's archives/

Leader of the Party of Regions, MP Viktor Yanukovych is sure that Ukraine will guarantee stable provision of the energy resources to Europe, as he reported today at his meeting with Foreign Ministers of Germany and Poland Frank-Walter Steinmeier and

Appointments for the vacant ministers' posts will take place next week in the Govt, as reported by Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko at her press conference. At the moment consultations on the ministers' candidatures are in progress. The Premier

Syrotkina Anastasiya (L to R) VR Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn, Foreign Minister of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski and Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier enter a sitting hall at their meeting in Kyiv, June 17, 2009. UKRINFORM. /PN/

KYIV, June 18. Today, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Ukraine has organized a press conference on the occasion of the visit of Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Border Guard Mr. Leszek Elas. The press conference was attended by