Pres Yushchenko demands measures to convince Russia that Crimea belongs to Ukraine. Yushchenko said this, addressing a session of the National Defense and Security Council May 16, The Ukrayinska Pravda reports.
The government is on track to cut by a half the number of local government officials. "We are overloaded with work, the government, acting as a slave master, takes away 80% of city taxes while we have to beg it
Citing its sources among customs brokers, ZIK says the present head of the State Customs Service Valery Khoroshkovsky is likely to be replaced by the head of VR interfaction group "Stop to Contraband" Ihor Rybakov (BYUT).
May 16, Ukraine becomes a full member of the World Trade Organization. In the 14 years of talks, Ukraine has transformed itself from a Socialist economy to a market one, completed bilateral talks with WTO member states, endorsed about 50
Radical Ukrainian politician Vladyslav Kaskiv who flew to Moscow on the invitation of NTV channel was banned entry, The Ukrayinska Pravda reported May 15.
Eurocar, a car-maker in Zakarpattya, has initiated the creation of a governmental expert commission to examine Ukraine's automobile market in the context of Ukraine's accession to WTO, Eurocar supervisory board chairman Oleh Boyaryn told ZIK May 14.
Lviv oblast acting Governor Mykola Kmit says he is supportive of the cabinet's efforts to join forces with oblast governors in a bid to curb inflation and wage arrears, saying no governor can stand aloof in this campaign. Kmit also
The May 22-23 international summit on energy safety planned to be held in Pres Yushchenko's residence in the Carpathian mountains in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast will take place in Kyiv, the oblast administration press service release says.
Our Ukraine lawmaker Taras Stetskiv believes BYUT and OU, currently locked in a bitter conflict, can finally bury the hatchet. To do it, five steps should be taken: dismiss SPF head, endorse the laws on the cabinet, on state procurements,
The present wrangle between Our Ukraine and BYUT will soon lead to a collapse of the current coalition and, if not to snap elections, then to a reshuffle on the political scene. Although Yulia Tymoshenko will get the upper hand,
Given the present circumstances, should we really try to reconcile these political forces? Better wait and see how they bite the dust and become fringe parties. With such intense confrontation, they will soon be political corpses," Kyiv-based political analyst Kost
The police detained 18 residents of Krasnoilsk, Chernivtsi oblast, accusing them of beating up traffic police patrol, oblast police press service told ZIK May 14.
Addressing a rally May 9 to mark the Victory Day, Crimean parliament deputy and head of Russky bloc Oleksandr Svistunov says he got wind of Lviv council's plans to dismantle the Glory Memorial on Stryjska St to build a transport
It should be recalled that Mayor Luzhkov is not authorized to make statements in the name of Russia. He has repeatedly abused his position to indulge in similar provocations. We have to see how the Russian authorities, the president, premier
Following a request by the European Business Association (Western Ukrainian branch), Lviv oblast Governor Mykola Kmit named three largest investment projects, except for the Euro-2012 one, to be implemented in the oblast. Number 1 is a housing development project in
Luzhkov hasn't changes his views on Crimea or Black Sea fleet, and his May 9 statement is not the last one. But this is not a statement by an official. That is why the reaction of Ukraine Secret Service declaring
Poland will build an extention of the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline on its territory after Ukraine scraps reverse pumping, Poland Ambassador to Ukraine Jacek Kluczkowski said, addressing journalists at an international forum on energy safety.
In case of new elections a new legislature will be worse than the present one. The elections will results in a collapse of parliamentarianism and, I dare foresee, a dictatorship by the president who has no support of his people,"
The cause of the current infighting in VR is Viktor Baloha's activity as president's chief-of-staff. Baloha has actually created an alternative government. Simultaneously, there is no reason why a ruling faction (BYUT) should block the work of the Rada," lawmaker
