KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko believes acute financial problems caused by the global economic crisis could result in the country failing to co-host Euro 2012 with Poland as planned. "We are halfway through the year and haven't achieved

Many experts believe that in a number of aspects Canada can serve as an example for Ukraine. In particular, it is often emphasized that Ukraine should follow the pattern of Canadian-American relations to develop its relations with Russia and implement

Another fall in prices is expected this autumn, but it won't be drastic, at least 1% to 2% a month in various segments," Rubanov said.

She said this at a briefing while visiting a construction site of a new stadium in Lviv.

The presidential press service announced this in a statement.

Presidential envoy for energy issues Bohdan Sokolovskyi said that in early June, Yuschenko had to convoke a special meeting several hours before the expiration of the payment terms.

The text of the law was published in the official publication of the Verkhovna Rada, the Holos Ukrainy (Voice of Ukraine) newspaper, on June 25.

Party of Regions MP Oleksandr Yefremov, the first deputy leader of the faction, told this to the press.

In western Ukraine, partly cloudy weather, intermittent rains, storm in places, hail in some districts, and southeastern wind of 5-10 m/s, with squalls of 15-20 m/s in places, are expected. Temperature will stand at +14...+19 C at night, at +23...+28

In his words, 1.1 billion cubic metres of gas will be imported in June, USD 300 million due to be paid for it.

With 226 votes required to pass a draft law, 237 MPs voted for draft law No.4630 drawn up by the Cabinet of Ministers.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Party of Regions Leader Viktor Yanukovych considers that the new wording of the Budget Code will assist in the falsifications at the forthcoming presidential elections.

According to currency dealers for commercial banks, the hryvnia's exchange rate fluctuated within 7.66-7.70 UAH/USD at the start of the trading, then expanded to 7.66-7.72 UAH/USD, and narrowed to 7.66-7.69 UAH/USD by the end of the trading.

Sokolovskyi made a statement to this effect at a news briefing.

Thus, about half of deaths under the age of 75 in Ukraine could have been avoided through adequate prevention and treatment, the study said.

The Political Council made this decision on June 25, Parubii said.

During the previous trading day, the NBU also lowered the hryvnia's official exchange rate that corresponds to the average rate at which transactions are concluded on the interbank currency market by 1.24 kopeck to 7.6235 UAH/USD for June 25.

The draft law (No. 3373), which is entitled "On the Code of Administrative Violations," received only 165 votes while at least 226 votes were required for its approval.

Ukrainian News learned this from a posting on the Web site of the Verkhovna Rada.