Ukraine as one of the world's leading farm produce makers can make its contribution to a strengthening of the global food security, says Deputy Head of the President's Secretariat Andriy Honcharuk in connection with the start of the G8 summit

Vice-speaker of the VRU Mykola Tomenko considers that the parliament is "doomed" to pen today its session in order to postpone the date of close of the VRU session. He told parliamentary journalists today, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "Today the

MPs are given a draft resolution of the VRU on changes introduction into the calendar plan of IV session of the parliament of VI convocation, the ForUm's correspondent informs. According to the given draft resolution, MPs are offered to work

PR keeps block the VRU work, the ForUm's correspondent informs. Deputy chairman of the PR faction Oleksandr Yefremov said that demands of the PR had not changed. According to him, the parliamentary factions have not managed to reach compromise. "Parliament

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said he is critical of the government's environmental policies, according to Interfax-Ukraine. He made the comment at a national council on the development of nature reserves in Ukraine in the village of Hayivka, Shatsk district,

In western Ukraine, partly cloudy weather, intermittent rain at night, heavy rain in places, intermittent rain in the daytime, storms, hail in some districts, northwestern wind of 5-10 m/s and squalls of 15-20 m/s in places at night are expected.

The president wishes the team health, happiness, enthusiasm and inspiration.

In western Ukraine, cloudy weather, heavy rains, heavy showers in Prykarpattia districts, storms, hail in some districts, northwestern wind of 7-12 m/s and squalls of 17-22 m/s in places are expected. Temperature will stand at +11...+16 C at night and

LVIV—On July 7 by the New Style (24 June by the Old) Eastern Churches celebrate the Nativity of John the Baptist. The memory of John the Baptist or John the Forerunner occupies a special place in the Eastern liturgical tradition.

KYIV-According to the website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), on July 7, 2009, at his residence in the Kyiv Cave Monastery, the primate of the UOC-MP blessed an unprecedented action - the first motorized holy procession "Action of

On July 5, 2009, Navy Day of Ukraine was celebrated for the first time in Ukraine. The holiday combines the celebration of the Day of Naval Forces of Ukraine, i.e. of the sailors of military forces, with a celebration of

On July 2, 2009, a group of youth from the Australian city Geelong, lead by Fr. Ihor Holovko of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), pastor of the church Veil of the Holiest Mother (Geelong, Australia), arrived in Lviv.

On July 2, 2009, at the conference hall of the Archeparchy of Lviv, Bishop Joseph (Milian), auxiliary bishop of Kyivan Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met with representatives of eparchies in Ukraine to inform them about a second

All macroeconomic forecasts, related to GDP and inflation - these are only forecasts, and you see that they are adjusted...The macroeconomic figures will be reviewed several times. And I would ask that they be summed up at the end of

The Ukrainian government and IMF have amended their joint anti-crisis program, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced during a press conference today. "Today we completed the second review of the joint anti-crisis program between the government and IMF, which gives Ukraine

1.9 billion of the slated $3.3 billion of the IMF's third tranche will be used to pay off external sovereign debts, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced during a press conference. She also expressed hope that the decision to give Ukraine

The government of Ukraine and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have reached an agreement on opening a representative office in Ukraine, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced following her meeting with company President Kazuo Tsukuda."A company with over $300 billion in annual turnover

Today we approved an order allocating special financial resources in the amount of 12.5 million UAH for the full reconstruction of this theater, and we're going to make sure that the restoration, reconstruction and constructions is finished by the end

Despite the global financial crisis, Ukraine and Poland are successfully gearing up for Euro-2012, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced during the third meeting of the Ukrainian-Polish Committee for Preparing and Hosting the Euro-2012 Football Championship.Tymoshenko congratulated Poland on having 4

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its 2009 inflation forecasts for Ukraine from 16% to 13%, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday following talks with the IMF mission in Ukraine. "Inflation will be lower than expected in connection with