Ukraine has harvested around 5.8 million tons of grain, the Agriculture Ministry's press service has reported. Grain and leguminous crops were threshed on over 2.3 million hectares, or 18% of the target area, with the average crop yield being 25.7

Germany is interested in long-term cooperation with Ukraine in the sphere of energy saving and alternative energy, the press service of Ukrainian First Vice Premier Oleksandr Turchynov has reported. At a meeting with Turchynov, German Federal Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel

The Ukrainian government is continuing to hold talks with the European Union and Russia to raise additional funds to pump Russian gas into the country's storage facilities, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a press conference on Wednesday. "These

President Viktor Yushchenko notes that the amendments to the law on presidential elections with the present wording are dangerous for democracy and transparent elections of the head of state. "The bill in this context is dangerous for democracy in Ukraine.

Portugal. Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Yeliseyev says the Center will help improve knowledge about Ukraine's cultural and historical achievements, economic, scientific and tourism potential. Works of Ukrainian painters, Vaskiv husband and wife, were first presented in the center. The

Trading on the interbank currency market has closed at UAH 7.647-7.6595/USD 1 on Thursday. According to InterBusinessConsulting, trading in the euro and the Russian ruble closed at UAH10.6725-10.6925/EUR 1 and UAH 0.2398-0.2405/UAH 1. The National Bank of Ukraine was buying

Wladimir Klitschko's trainer Emanuel Steward says the Ukrainian boxer should hold his next bout with American Chris Arreola, UKRINFORM reports quoting LigaBusinessInform. "I told Wladimir that a major part of people want to see his fight vs Chris Arreola. Some

Over six month of 2009, Ukraine produced 10.8 billion cu m of gas, 3.4% up (359.2bn cu m) against the same period of 2009, the Fuel and Energy Ministry announced. Enterprises of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine extracted 9.9 billion cu

Clergymen from 36 countries are taking part in the 37th rally of the general secretaries of the European Episcopal Conferences in Lviv (West Ukraine). The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the Rome-Catholic Church are representing Ukraine at the meeting. The working

Leader of PR Viktor Yanukovych is on a working visit to the Crimea. He stated that representatives of the PR in all oblasts of Ukraine intend to explain reality of increase of social payments by means of mass media, ForUm's

The Party of Regions keeps blocking the VRU podium and presidium, the ForUm's correspondent informs. Posters with slogans to increases living wage are still on the walls of the session hall. About 30 MPs from the PR are present at

Germany is interested in long-term cooperation with Ukraine in the sphere of energy saving and alternative energy, the press service of Ukrainian First Vice Premier Oleksandr Turchynov said, according to UkrInform. At a meeting with Turchynov, German Federal Environment Minister

The Russian corporation TVEL is ready to found the enterprise of strategic function for construction of the nuclear fuel plant in 2009. The company is ready to assign the necessary funds for financing of the project in 2009 and 2010,

The BYuT faction does not exclude that the Party of Regions will unblock the VRU today. MP from the BYuT faction Serhiy Mishchenko told journalists, the ForUm's correspondent informs. According to him, the PR has found a new motive, in

BYuT and OU-PSD factions sabotage the session of the budget committee which considers draft law on increase of living wage and minimal salary. Deputy chairman of the PR faction Oleksandr Yefremov told the journalists today, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "Yesterday

Ukraine may lose OJSC Luhanskteplovoz, the Front For Change initiative leader MP Arseniy Yatseniuk said, ForUm informs, referring to Kyiv Post. "In fact we are on the brink of losing Luhanskteplovoz," he said at a meeting with reporters in Luhansk

At the same time, the minister said that as of July 7, a total of 658,000 were registered at the employment centers.

Polianych said that one of the main issues of the congress will be the format of the party's participation in the presidential elections.

This is disclosed in the bill drafted by the State Customs Service.

In western Ukraine, partly cloudy weather, intermittent rain, storms and hail in places, southern wind of 7-12 m/s and squalls of 15-20 m/s in places are expected. Temperature will stand at +11...+17 C at night and at +21...+26 C in