The cost of bank loans for firms engaged in the business of hotels and hospitality may decline, with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposing to keep such loans out of what is considered to be banks' commercial real estate

The quarter ended June 2009 saw the BSE Sensex gyrating with elation after the results of the general elections, rising in anticipation of a path-breaking budget, only to sag in disappointment over just another run-of-the-mill budget presentation in July. Even

Nepal may not be the obvious next property hotspot but the mountainous country between India and China is experiencing a mini real estate boom as wealthy Nepalese real estate investors seek a safe have for their money, it is claimed.Government

Sunday is the last day for Farmington Founders Festival located in downtown . It is located right on Grand River and Farmington Rd just east of Drake Rd and West of Orchard Lake Rd. There is lots to do for

KYIV—In his interview for the web-portal Religion in Ukraine on 7 July, 2009, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) talked about the efforts of the UGCC towards receiving the status of a patriarchate, stressing that the idea

KYIV-On 9 July, 2009, a regular session of the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate was held in the Kyiv Cave Monastery. The participants of the session adopted an Address of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

KYIV—"Ukrainian churches constitute a great spiritual power; therefore the Orthodox world should not ignore Ukraine. Ukraine has millions of Orthodox. A division in Ukraine is a challenge for the patriarchs (Patriarch Kirill and Patriarch Bartholomew І). We can see what

MOSCOW—Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) expressed confidence that foreign structures will not interfere with church problems in Ukraine. In particular, they mean the Constantinople Patriarchate, which, according to the ROC representatives, the Ukrainian authorities hoped to engage in

On July 1, 2009, a copy of the Hoshiv miraculous icon of the Mother of God was presented to Pope Benedict XVI during the general audience on Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican. It had been brought for the Pope

KYIV—Starting July 10, 2009, mass media representatives can obtain accreditation to cover events that will take place during the visit of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus Kirill, to Ukraine from June 27

KYIV—The press secretary of the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), protopriest Heorhii Kovalenko, pointed out in his interview given to RISU correspondent, Mykola Malukha, that the schedule for the visit of Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine has not

KONOTOP(Sumy Region)-On 11 July, 2009, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), the Patriarch of Kyiv and All Ukraine Filaret and the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, took part in celebrations dedicated to the 350th

KYIV—During the seminar presentation of the "Basics of the Doctrine of the Russian Orthodox Church Regarding Dignity, Freedom, and Human Rights," which took place at the Synodal Hall of the Kyiv Metropolis on July 13, 2009, the public organization "Orthodox

KYIV—To restore St. Andrew's Church in Kyiv, 10 million UAH will be spent to prevent it from sliding down the hill. The street on which it is located, Andrijivskyj Uzviz, is being repaired until 2012. The government has finally decided

KYIV—On July 13, 2009, at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko met with representatives of the All Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religions Organizations (AUCCRO). The head of the State Committee on Nationalities and Religions, Yurii

On July 10, 2009, the first results and the courses of further activity of the 37th Bishops' Conference of Europe working session were announced a press conference. The General Secretary of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe, Fr.

MOSCOW—The primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) commented upon his upcoming visit to Ukraine on 27 July to 5 August. As Patriarch Kirill pointed out on 10 July after the opening of the Valaam Monastery Museum, today Ukraine especially

KYIV—The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) calls deputies to refrain from expressing their intolerance of the upcoming visit of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine. RISU's Ukrainian-language website posted this story on 13 July, 2009.

The General Secretaries of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe held their meeting at the Redemptorist Centre of Bryuchovychi near Lviv (Ukraine), from 9th to 13th July 2009. Twenty-seven countries were represented: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, France, Germany, England and Wales,

The number of starts for single-family homes has been growing in June at the fastest rate over the past 4.5 years.