Tarasov Volodymyr The photo shows an educational action held in the children's holiday camp "49 Kvartal"in Kyiv region, July 29, 2009. Within the frames of the action employees of the Emergencies Ministry made children acquainted with the rules of behaviour

KYIV, July 30. Today, a presentation party of the ethnofestival "Zhnyva-2009. Snip" (Harvesting 2009. Sheaf) which will take place in Kovalivka (Vasylkivsky district, Kyiv region) on August 15-16 for the first time, was held at the Ivan Honchar Museum -

Today, a meeting dedicated to problems in the chemical industry was held at the Cabinet of Ministers opened by Industrial Policy Minister Volodymyr Novytsky. The day before, it was planned that the event would be opened by Prime Minister of

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Ukrainian female singer Dzhamala has been ranked first on the second day of the New Wave International Competition of Young Singers of Popular Music in Jurmala, Latvia, after getting the maximum number of points from the jury. Indonesian singer Sondoro

Heads of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine held a meeting with representatives of the European Commission, who have arrived in Ukraine to audit the company's physical balance and familiarize themselves with the operational indexes of gas storage in the underground gas

Hyundai Accent took the lead by the number of cars sold in Ukraine in the first half of the year - 3,465. Chevrolet Aveo ranked second (2,575) and Dacia Logan third (1,828), the press service of the Atlant-M automobile holding

Year by year, the Vinnytsya Public Organization of Youth with Disabilities "Harmoniya" headed by Rayisa Panasyuk conducts seminar camps of social and psychological adaptation for wheelchair young people from rural areas. 97 volunteers and 70 wheelchair young people have already

Louis Dreyfus Commodities Ukraine Ltd. (member of France's Louis Dreyfus Group) has become the second exporter of the Ukrainian grain on shipment volumes (after Mykolayiv-based Nibulon) in 2008/09 MY. Thus, Louis Dreyfus is the largest exporter of the Ukrainian grain

The Regional Development and Construction Ministry of Ukraine predicts that a gradual increase in the volume of construction and assembly efforts will start in the second half of the year, First Deputy Minister Anatoliy Berkuta says. "We have fallen by

Ukraine's largest World Music format festival, Svirzh World Music Festival, will be held in the village of Svirzh nearby Lviv (West Ukraine), July 31 - August 2, involving global and Ukrainian stars (Cesaria Evora of Cape Verde, Nino Katamadze &

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has forbidden loss-making joint stock banks to give unsecured (banking) loans. The relevant resolution bans loss-making finance establishments to provide persons (insiders) with loans and guarantees, buy back their shares and buy non-government securities.

Lazarenko Mykola Ukrainian President's eldest son Andriy Yushchenko registers his marriage with Elizaveta Efrosinina at the registry office of Pechersk district in Kyiv, July 30, 2009. UKRINFORM. /TF/

Finance analysts say that data provided by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) do not show the real amount of soured debt. According to experts with Astrum Investment Management, the volume of troubled debt today exceeds 20%. The analysts note

Ukraine has won through to the finals of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship after beating Serbia 3-1 in a semifinal match. In the final match, Ukraine will play against England that defeated France 3-1 in extra time during another semifinal

Under the latest reports, large-scale and midsized metal traders purchased, imported and sold in January - June 458,078 tons of rolled stock, which is 65.4% less than over the like 2008 period. Andriy Fedoseev, president of the Ukrainian Association of

Yesterday, prominent Georgian singer Nino Katamadze jointly with Director of the Promotion Centre "Gabri" Armine Gabrielyan held a press conference dedicated to the Svirzh World Music Festival. From July 31 till August 2, 2009 in village Svirzh (Lviv region, Ukraine)

The State Service of Tourism and Resorts (SSTR) will present in late August 20 thematic excursion tours for guests of UEFA EURO 2012, SSTR First Deputy Head Olha Sokolova announced. 'This is done specially for tourists, who will be able

The 1st Global East Rock Festival will be held on the stadium of Chayka Sport Complex nearby Kyiv, August 1-2. The British hard-rock-band Motorhead is invited as headliner, the festival official web-site reports. Participating in the event are also expected

Open joint stock company TurboAtom (Kharkiv, East Ukraine) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Japan) are discussing prospects for the production of high-tech turbines in Ukraine, TurboAtom Director General Viktor Subbotin says. In his words, the talks with Japanese partners intensified