KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. A memorandum of understanding on a 10-year financial lease of 30 regional jets An-148 and 15 medium-range passenger Tu-204CM was signed at the Le Bourget international air show in Paris. Signing the document were Alexandr Rubtsov,

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko used the veto power to the Law "On Making Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On State Budget of Ukraine for 2009" and some other Laws of Ukraine", the Head of State told

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian tennis player Viktoria Kutuzova has qualified for the main draw of this season's third Wimbledon tennis tournament in Great Britain. The No.1 seed Ukrainian defeated Greece's Anna Gerasimou (6, 6:3, 6:4) in the first round.

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. Sugar beet production in the new marketing year in Ukraine (marketing year, September 2009/August 2010) will make up 1.2-1.3 million tons, 23.8-17.4% less against the 2008/2009 marketing year, the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. In January-April, a financial result of the Ukrainian enterprises from ordinary activities before taxation reduced by 77.6% against the same period of the previous year, but it improved against indexes of Q1 2009, the State Statistics

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. There are more than 1 million Ukrainian citizens to have suffered from the Holodomor 1932-1933 today, says Ihor Yukhnovsky, President of the Ukrainian National Remembrance Institute. According to him, information about those suffered is being collected

KYIV, June 18 /UKRINFORM/. The State Enterprise 'Kyiv aviation plant 'Aviant' will participate in building 30 regional passenger planes An-148 for the Russia-based Atlant-Soyuz airline. The agreement to this effect was reached at the Le Bourget international air show in

Wedlock or Deadlock will feature an engaged couple that has serious concerns about their relationship and whether they have what it takes to get married

Five more newspapers have joined the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium, according to Reuters.

Hispanic women report they're very stressed about the economy and losing their jobs, but far from snapping shut their purses, many of them are still spending, according to a new survey from People en Español.

The Associated Press hopes to negotiate more lucrative licensing deals with major Web sites while mining new revenue from advertisers and readers as the 163-year-old news cooperative adapts to Internet-driven changes in the media.

THE MPs who wielded the knife against outgoing Speaker Michael Martin shamelessly lavished praise on their prey yesterday.

WHITE people are being stopped by police to prevent accusations of racial bias because of the higher number of Asian people being detained under terrorism laws, it emerged yes

WOOLLY mammoths, scientists have discovered, were roaming Britain 14,000 years ago â€" seven thousand years after they were thought to have died out.

ALISTAIR Darling said last night that Britain appeared to be on the road to recovery, despite new figures showing that a job was lost every 30 seconds over the past three mo

THEY were stoned, menaced by gunmen and faced the threat of a child's throat being cut.