Growing crowds take on to traditional Ukrainian dress, but what actually is the core of modern Ukrainian identity?If there is one thing that struck me at the latest Krayina Mriy ethnic music festival, it's the crowd of people wearing traditional

An investigative report by journalist Vlad Lavrov reveals that tobacco giants operating in Ukraine are producing many more cigarettes than domesticallyconsumed, with the surplus being smuggled into Europe.

During his speech at an expanded session of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), which was held on 29 January 2009, the president of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, revealed an FSB special operation in a few brief sentences: "An unstable

The Secretariat of President Viktor Yuschenko has calculated that the national budget deficit will grow to UAH 60 billion by the end of 2009 if the government continues its current fiscal policies. Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn believes that today's events in the parliament indicate an attempt of some forces to realize a scenario of further destabilization in Ukraine. According to an UNIAN correspondent, he said this at

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she hopes for an objective investigation into the incident involving former Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko MP Viktor Lozinsky. "I hope there'll be an objective investigation," she said in Kirovohrad on Friday, Kyiv Post

Party of Regions MPs have blocked the VRU podium and Presidium, the ForUm's correspondent informs. PR member Vasyl Kyselyov stated that demand of the PR remains unchanged. In particular PR demands to vote for law on increase of living wage

The government will not reach any compromise with the Party of Regions in the question of increasing the living wage, the minimum wage, and pensions, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said. "We'll never support such a destabilizing policy by the

The parliament has adopted draft resolution on dismissal of MP from the BYuT faction Viktor Lozinsky, the ForUm's correspondent informs. 415 MPs voted for such decision. In particular, PR - 164, BYuT - 133, OU-PSD - 69, CPU - 27,

PR is convinced that the position of the Government is not constructive and demands the immediate approval of the Law on the increase of salaries and pensions for the poorest Ukrainian citizens, it is said in the statement of the

The Security Service is studying the materials about crimes of the totalitarian regime in 1944.

Yuschenko said he intends to submit the law on unconditional refunding of VAT.

Olha Zinchenko, the president of the association, told this at a press conference.

The press service of Naftohaz Ukrainy told this to Ukrainian News.

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the presidential press service.

I'd like Crimea to take a proper place in the Eastern Partnership projects," the head of state said.

Corresponding bylaw No.4759 found support with 416 deputies, while 226 votes required.

In western Ukraine, partly cloudy weather, intermittent rain, storm in places, hail in some districts, northwestern wind of 7-12 m/s and squalls of 15-20 m/s in places are expected. Temperature will stand at +12...+17 C at night and at +22...+27

Besides, the government decided to set compensation for short-term loans, agribusinesses took to purchase grains harvested in 2008, in the amount of double discount rate fixed by the National Bank of Ukraine for the date of charging loan interests, but

According to currency dealers for commercial banks, the hryvnia's exchange rate fluctuated within 7.73-7.77 UAH/USD at the start of the trading, then narrowed to 7.7350-7.7650 UAH/USD, and fell to 7.72-7.76 UAH/USD by the end of the trading.