Oppositional Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych remains the front-runner of the presidential race, with a support of 26.7%, followed by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with 17.6%, and Arseniy Yatseniuk with 11.9%. These are the results of the public opinion

President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-bak has expressed confidence that Ukraine being professionally led by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will not just overcome challenges of the global financial downturn, but will quickly achieve a dynamic growth, he said

The registered unemployment rate in Ukraine dropped to 2.4% as of late June 2009, the State Statistics Committee has reported. The committee said that the unemployment rate in May was 2.6%, in April 2.9%, in March 3.1%, while in January-February

The devaluation pressure on the hryvnia is being supported by a group of banks that want to gain some income on the weakening of the national currency, the head of the group of advisers to the National Bank of Ukraine

The leader of the Front for Change, Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc MP Arseniy Yatseniuk, has said that the term "also-ran" has nothing to do with anybody who participates in a presidential election, Interfax-Ukraine reported. He was speaking at a press

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will make a working visit to Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil regions on July 17-19, according to the official Web site of the head of state. On Friday, July 17, the president is planning to hold a roundtable

The leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych has summed up six month of policy, the ForUm's correspondent informs. Yanukovych is convinced that the current power could not protect people from the crisis. "People are left with crisis face

Party of Regions has spoken out against the government's intentions to launch the privatization of the Odesa Portside Plant (OPZ), and described the deepening financial and economic crisis and the actual start of the presidential election in Ukraine as major

Prime Minister Han Seung-soo and his visiting Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko yesterday agreed to deter protectionism and explore mutually beneficial business projects. During the first-ever visit by a Ukrainian prime minister to South Korea, Tymoshenko exchanged views with Han on

Ukraine and the European Union have discussed the ways of speeding up the negotiations on the creation of a free trade zone, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Yeliseev said after the 12th round of talks between Ukraine and the European

President Viktor Yuschenko has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the occasion of her birthday, ForUm informs, referring to Interfax-Ukraine. "I wish you good health, happiness and success in your responsible state work. Let your professionalism and rich experience continue

President Viktor Yushchenko has once again said that he plans to run for a second term in office, He said that today in scope of his visit to Ivano-Frankivsk, ForUm informs, referring to Kyiv Post. In particular Viktor Yushchenko said

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has decided to suspend the effect of a Kyiv City State Administration resolution increasing tariffs for housing and utilities services in Kyiv, and submitted a motion to President Viktor Yushchenko on the cancellation of this

If one listens attentively to what Tymoshenko and Yanukovych say, one can trace them preparing a certain ground for possible co-operation in either form of a coalition or in some other form," said Mykhailo Pohrebynskyi, director of the Kyiv Centre

He gave this position to the press.

I'd like to emphasize Ukraine pinning big hopes to partnership relations with Germany as one of the most important economic and political partners for our country in Europe," the congratulation reads.

Kostiantyn Yeliseev, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, informed about this in an interview with the Ukraina Moloda [Young Ukraine] newspaper.

This ban was ascribed by the law "On baby food", adopted by parliament on September 14, 2006 and enacted in 2007.

Kyiv will have partly cloudy weather, no precipitations, eastern wind of 5-10 m/s, and temperatures of +20...+22 C at night and +31...+33 C in the daytime on July 18, the weather center has informed Ukrainian News.