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IMF mission to attend extraordinary Ukrainian government session on July 6, loan decision could be announced Yesterday, 12:27 Staff and wire reports, Kyiv Post The Cabinet of Ministers will convene for an extraordinary session at 3pm on July 6 in the presence of delegations from an International Monetary Fund mission visiting Ukraine, Ukrainian ...

When Washington and Moscow get cozy, the saying goes, Russia's neighbors get nervous.

They behaved in a very provoking manner,' he said. 'Azerbaijanis are very peaceful people.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday met and discussed bilateral ties with Wang Gang, member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau, a Chinese official said Friday.

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:03:06 +0500 UKRAINE ORDERS PROBE ON 1944 DEPORTATION OF CRIMEAN TATARS WorldBulletin Friday, 03 July 2009 11:32 Ukraine's President ordered Ukrainian Intelligence Service and Prosecutor to probe mass deportation of Crimean Tatar Muslims in 1944.

Nikopol Ferroalloy Works , Ukraine's biggest ferroalloy producer, has been running at full capacity since July 1. All specialists who had been sent on forced leave are now back at work and salaries are being paid in full, the Dnipropetrovsk regional administration said in a press release.

Kyiv Post editor Katya Gorchinskaya writes: Growing crowds take on to traditional Ukrainian dress, but what actually is the core of modern Ukrainian identity? If there is one thing that struck me at the latest Krayina Mriy ethnic music festival, it's the crowd of people wearing traditional dress.

Matches of the first qualifying round of the inaugural UEFA Europa League will take place today in 23 cities of the continent.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has requested the Verkhovna Rada to urgently consider the issue of stripping deputy from the Bloc of Yulia Timoshenko Viktor Lozinsky, who is suspected of murdering citizen Valery Oliynik, of immunity.

Mosnews is reporting that all pornography has been outlawed in the Ukraine. President Viktor Yushchenko signed the law today over the objections of human rights activists and artists who had asked him to veto it.

Gross domestic production in Ukraine, one of the world's most recession-battered economies, contracted by 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, according to official government figures released on June 30.

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, July 1 /Trend News, G. Hasanov/

Ukrainian President ViktorYushcehnko will visit Turkmenistan this autumn. The agreement was reached during telephone talks between Yushchenko and Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov.

Ukraine and Russia began talks with international lenders and the European Union yesterday on loans to help Kiev pay for Russian gas and avert a new crisis that could cut off supplies to Europe.

By Paul Taylor Just as Europeans are packing their bags for the beaches, another Russia-Ukraine gas dispute is flaring up.

Relations have been strained between the two leaders, who will likely face one another in the presidential election set for January, and some politicians predicted that the move could lead to the total collapse of the ruling coalition.

Ukraine is opening up part of its old KGB archive, declassifying hundreds of thousands of documents spanning the entire Soviet period.

Ukrainian and Russian officials commemorated the 300th anniversary of the defeat of the Sweden at the battle of Poltava with the unveiling of a new memorial on Saturday.

Upcoming presidential elections will influence a number of geopolitical developments and show whether Ukraine will "be in Europe or Asia," Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said.

NATO hold forums in the region where the alliance has strategic interests, KazTAG quoted Russia's permanent representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin as saying.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said he is positive about the results of Ukraine's first year as a member of the World Trade Organization, Kyiv Post reported.