President Viktor Yushchenko stated that he had already discussed the question of a common candidate to the post of Kyiv mayor with Prime Minister. He did not however named the person to be the candidate, saying that the subject has
Party of Regions is going to consider a question on withdrawal of Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent from Kosovo. Viktor Yanukovych said that today at the briefing in the VRU, the ForUm's correspondent informs. Yanukovych informed that the corresponding resolution is submitted
Russia has warned its American partners that realization of plans on admittance of Georgia and Ukraine to NATO will have serious consequences, including relations of Russia and USA, head of the RF Serhiy Lavrov stated at the press conference in
Completion of judicial reform will be important for strengthening of trust to the country. Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis said that in scope of the meeting with Justice Minister of Ukraine Mykola Onishchuk yesterday in Kyiv,
President Victor Yushchenko wrote a letter to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with a request to the Government to discuss working out and adopting state target program "Come to know your Homeland", president's press office reported. According to President the program's
Speaker of the parliament Arseniy Yatsenyuk closed morning session of the Verkhovna Rada. ForUm's correspondent reports. Before this the People's deputies agreed with Yatsenyuk to delegate him to the session of the NSDC so as to voice the positions of
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine by its order from March 19, 2008 appointed Evgen Vilinsky as the deputy chairman of the National agency of Ukraine for preparation and holding the final part of the Football Championship of Europe 2012
The information expansion of foreign states in the system of the Ukrainian mass media threatens national security. President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko stated at the sitting of the National Security and Defense Council, ForUm's correspondent reports. He has noted that
For today there is no possibility to stop inflation for two months. The first deputy head of President's Secretariat Olexander Shlapak said today, the ForUm's correspondent informs. Shlapak noted that today's inflation in Ukraine has objective character. According to him,
The President's Secretariat of Ukraine proposes the Cabinet to consider the level of social standards in the budget for 2008. First deputy head of the President's Secretariat and President's representative in the Cabinet Olexander Shlapak stated, ForUm's correspondent reports. Shlapak
Today the fifth session of the Government Committee on European Integration and International Cooperation chaired by Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Hryhoriy Nemyrya was held. Cabinet's press office reports. The session saw consideration of a number of important normative-legal acts
Kriukov Car Building Works (Poltava region, Center Ukraine) and Gomel Car Repair Plant (Belarus) reached agreement on joint production of passenger railcars, the Kriukov works press service reported. The Belarus plant will assemble passenger cars designed in Ukraine. The Kriukov
High pressure is in place, bringing warm, dry weather. High temperatures are going to be well above normal, reaching the 80s in many Valley cities. Temperatures are expected to warm even more as we head into the weekend.
Warmer weather is on the way as high pressure begins to strengthen. Friday's Valley highs will reach the mid 80s, but temps are going to rise even more as we head into Easter Weekend.
Two State Department employees were fired and a third has been disciplined for improperly accessing Sen. Barack Obama's passport file, the State Department announced Thursday night.Senior department officials said they learned of the incidents onlywhen a reporter made an inquiry
The Dalai Lama said Thursday that he feared villagers in remoteparts of Tibet are "facing death" from Chinese troops intent onseeking retribution for last week's protests, but emphasized that hewas prepared to meet Chinese leaders to resolve the crisis.Speakingto journalists
Doctors have diagnosed the first ever U.K. case of avirtually untreatable strain of tuberculosis, marking a further step inthe disease's fightback against the antibiotics that once kept it incheck. A man in his 30s is in isolation at a hospital
Compact Flourescent (CF) light bulbs are extremely energy-efficient, oneproblem hasnâ ™t gone away: All CFLs contain mercury, a neurotoxin thatcan cause kidney and brain damage.Theamount is tiny -- about 5 milligrams, or barely enough to cover the tipof a pen
The two-decade search for an AIDS vaccine is in crisis after twofield tests of the most promising contender not only did not protectpeople from the virus but may actually have put them at increased riskof becoming infected.The results of the
A total of four earthquakes - the strongest of them a powerful 7.2magnitude quake - hit western China on Friday, the U.S. GeologicalSurvey reported. The Chinese Seismological Network also reportedthe quakes - estimating the initial quake at 7.3 on the
