President Yushchenko is on official visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt. Within the framework of this visit President took part in flower laying ceremony near the monument to the Unknown Soldier and near the Tomb of Muhammad Anwar El
President Viktor Yushchenko met in Cairo, Egypt with the Speaker of the People's Assembly, the lower house of Egyptian Parliament, Ahmed Fathi Sourour. President's press office reports. At the meeting Speaker Fathi Sourour expressed his expectancies to President Yushchenko that
Ukraine is ready to joining the World Trade Organization. Deputy Minister of Economy Valery Pyatnitsky stated in his speech in the VRU. The ForUm's correspondent reports. Pyatnytsky has reminded that process of Ukraine's joining this organization has lasted for more
An enhanced dialogue on the prospects of Ukraine's economic cooperation with the EU on the expert level will promote European integration, Deputy Economics Minister Valeriy Pyatnytskyi told a forum named "Free Trade Zone: Towards Success of the European Project of
Joining NATO Membership Action Plan in December 100% depends on Ukraine's efforts. Director of NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine Michel Durey stated. According to him, the results of NATO summit in Bucharest for Ukraine "are sufficiently positive and
The parliament adopted as a basis and the draft bill "On protocol's ratification on Ukraine's joining WTO". The ForUm's correspondent reports.411 People's deputies supported the draft bill. Speaker of the parliament Arseniy Yatsenyuk congratulated VRU factions on unity of voting.Besides,
St Andrew High, one of the schools which rank high in the quality score for both mathematics and English language, says its achievements are not just based on the quality of students entering at grade seven.Sharon Reid, the school's principal,
For many analysts, Audley Shaw's maiden Budget presentation as finance minister will be measured against what he told the country while he sat on the Opposition benches. In his contribution to last year's Budget debate, Shaw outlined what he dubbed
IN TAXIS, on the buses, in the streets, everywhere, the cry is the same: Food prices are too high and the dollar cannot stretch.It is a cry with which Audley Shaw is familiar. When the Jamaica Labour Party was in
DR RALPH Thompson, pioneer education activist, wants principals to be given increased powers, comparable to chief executive officers in the private sector, to fire teachers who are not "pulling their weight". In the context of the challenges facing the education
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw will today outline just how he will fund the $489.5 billion net Budget. In the meantime, at least two financial analysts say Shaw should be able to find the money to
Dr Fenton Ferguson, Opposition spokesperson on health, yesterday said he was concerned that patients are not able to get some drugs in hospitals and are forced to turn to private pharmacies.On April 1, user fees were abolished in public facilities
There are more worrying signs for hundreds of investors in the informal investment scheme, Cash Plus Limited. The court-appointed co-interim receiver manager, Kevin Bandoian, has disclosed that Cash Plus has no money to begin repayments on April 14 as scheduled,
TEL AVIV, April 9 (RIA Novosti) - Two Israeli civilians and four Palestinian militants were killed near the Israel-Gaza Strip border after a Palestinian attack on a fuel depot on Wednesday, local media said. According to reports, six or seven
MADRID, April 9 (RIA Novosti) - A court in Andalusia in southern Spain ruled Wednesday that a judge who forgot to release from jail a man who had been acquitted of all charges against him be suspended from her post
ASHGABAT, April 9 (RIA Novosti) - Geologists in eastern Turkmenistan have discovered more than one hundred fossilized dinosaur footprints, believed to be some 145 million years old, national media said on Wednesday. A whole 'field' of three-toed footprints, possibly made
BUENOS AIRES, April 9 (RIA Novosti) - At least four people died and 25 others were injured after 40 vehicles collided in Argentina early on Wednesday, local officials said. The incident occurred on a highway which links Buenos Aires and
