G8 leaders believe the world economy still faces "significant risks" and may need further help, according to summit draft documents that also reflect failure to agree climate change goals for 2050. Discord over environmental measures was underlined by withdrawal from

Water temperature in the Black Sea and in the Sea of Azov is +23...+26 C, and in the Dnieper River near Kyiv +23 C.

A district in Afghanistan`s restive east was in danger of falling into Taliban hands after pitched gunbattles with insurgents killed at least eight police, a senior official said on Wednesday. The fighting erupted late on Tuesday in Afghanistan`s eastern province

On the first visit by a French president to Stockholm in nine years,

This was disclosed by head of PR department of the Naftogas Ukrainy company Valentyn Zemlyansky.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has asked Prosecutor General Oleksandr Medvedko to oversee the investigation into the mass food poisoning of children who spent their holidays in Zakarpattia region.

This was voiced by Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych at a press conference in Kerch, Crimea today. He said that his party had not demanded that early parliamentary elections be held at this stage.

This was disclosed by Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko during a briefing in the town of Ukrainka, Kyiv region.

Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer is currently on a three-day official visit to Ukraine.The parties noted the importance of further strengthening of interstate contacts between Ukraine and Austria at the summit level and deepening of a political dialogue.

Earlier to this First Deputy Head of the party faction Oleksandr Yefremov said that they would block the Parliament's rostrum if the issue on raising the minimum wage and minimum living level is not first considered at the today's parliamentary

This was aired by BYuT MP Oleksandr Feldman, head of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) group for interparliamentary ties with Israel following his meeting with Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov and Knesset Vice Speaker Alex Miller.

This what the Ukrainian President said by way of commenting on ongoing talks between the U.S. and Russian presidents in Moscow at a joint press conference with Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer in Kyiv today.

She said that the government made payments for Russian gas on time and that it had paid for gas supplied in June."Any hysteria by any politicians won't prevent the government from meeting its commitments," Tymoshenko said.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has endorsed the doctrine of information security.

This is what NBU executive manager for economy Shumylo told the Ukraine - Austria business forum in Kyiv.In his words, the devaluation in the fall of 2008 (by 33% from early 2008) was caused by much higher inflation in his

As he said, there is no reason in closing the VR session as the MP's are already collecting signitures to hold an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada.

This was emphasized by President Viktor Yushchenko speaking at a joint session of an Assembly of Donors of the Chornobyl Shelter Fund and Nuclear Safety Account.

This was disclosed by the Agriculture Ministry. Grain and leguminous crops were threshed on 1.76 million hectares (13.6% of the target), with the average crop yield being 25.4 centners per hectare.

During a working lunch, the parties focused on bilateral cooperation intended to overcome the effects of the global financial downturn.

The Internal Affairs Ministry of Ukraine has drafted a concept of the state target program for 2009-2013 providing for the creation of a national DNA basis, Deputy Interior Minister Petro Koliada told a press conference.