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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine introduces quarantine in nine western Oblasts of Ukraine.

Ukraine could again have difficulty paying for Russian natural gas, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday, triggering speculation of a new gas crisis might between the two former Soviet neighbors.

Ukrainian ministers have warned President Viktor Yushchenko that the government cannot afford to raise minimum wages and would go to court if he approves a motion to do this passed by parliament last week.

An eternal flame that once blazed via good old fashioned science has now been given a new lease on life thanks to modern technology.

Georgia, Tbilisi, October 28 / Trend News N. Kirtskhalia /

The meeting between Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania and Ukrainian Ambassador to Georgia Vasiliy Tsybenko was held at the request of Ukraine in the Georgian Foreign Ministry.

Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang met in Kiev Tuesday with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.

A combination image shows Regions Party chief Viktor Yanukovich delivering a speech to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko answering a question during an interview with the foreign media in Kyiv.

Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz has warned Gazprom of possible difficulties with payment for October natural gas deliveries, a source in the Ukrainian company said on Monday, RIA Novosti reported.

Many people who are personally acquainted with Yulia Tymoshenko are convinced that if she wins the elections, she will try to establish an authoritarian regime along the lines of the one built by Vladimir Putin.

A new law ensuring minimum living wage and salary, adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament on Tuesday, has stirred conflict in Parliament over the financing of the law.

Ukrainian metallurgical companies boosted steel output by 3.9% in September 2009 from September 2008, to 2.580 million tonnes, which made it possible for the country to return to the eighth place from the ninth in the 66 major steelmakers' rating of the World Steel Association .

In Kyiv, he demonstrated his magnificent all-white Haute Couture autumn-winter 2009-2010 collection.

Neither Russia nor Ukraine are seeking to revise the terms of an agreement on the presence of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea, the countries' foreign ministers said on Friday.

KIEV: Ukraine's top diplomat yesterday reassured Russia that Kiev was not in talks with Washington over the new US missile shield plan, as he sought to mend relations eroded by a series of crises.

Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovich has been nominated for Ukrainian president at a party congress, Itar-Tass reported.

A child sex scandal and rape allegations have muddied the first days of Ukraine's presidential campaign as the rival camps trade blows before the Jan.

KIEV/MOSCOW, October 23 - Ukraine's recently appointed Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko will pay a visit to Moscow on Friday in an attempt to renew dialogue between Moscow and Kiev.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 23 / Trend News A.Huseynbala /

Representatives of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) have left for Ukraine.

Serbia will become a major hub for distribution of Russian natural gas to Europe thanks to the storage and transport capacities of the planned South Stream pipeline, the general manager of Serbia' state energy company said Thursday.

From : Mihran Kalaydjian Date : Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:47:56 +0500 UKRAINE OPENS ELECTION CAMPAIGN Panorama.am 10:58 19/10/2009 The Central Electoral Committee of Ukraine announced about the official opening of electoral campaign today.

A presidential election campaign has kicked off in Ukraine. This is the first contest since Viktor Yushchenko swept into power in 2004.

President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Serbia, bringing a $1 billion loan to the recession-hit country as Moscow seeks to expand its influence in the Balkans.

The possible deployment of elements of a U.S. anti-missile defense system in Ukraine has become one of the most debated issues of the "new anti-missile defense configuration." The U.S. is considering deploying an anti-missile radar in Ukraine, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Alexander Vershbow, formerly the U.S.

Ukraine has plunged into a presidential election campaign, scheduled to end on January 17.

Iran invalidated diplomas of its citizens, graduating from the Armenian and Ukrainian medical universities.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Oct. 19 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

The Georgian Agriculture Minister completed his three-day visit to Ukraine, where he met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Transportation Minister and the Governor of Odessa province, the Agriculture Ministry said.

Eighty-three percent of Ukrainians would definitely not vote for incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko at the next presidential election, an opinion poll suggests.

Campaigning started Monday for presidential polls in Ukraine which analysts believe will boil down to a face-off between two old rivals who have long been at the forefront of the country's politics.

As the country starts its first presidential election campaign since that popular movement in 2004 broke the grip of the post-Soviet establishment, its leader, President Viktor Yushchenko, stares a painful reality in the face.

I think this will remain in the future," the politician said. The ex-president also does not believe that Ukraine will recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia after the presidential election: "Whoever wins, this [recognition - ed.] will not happen". Kuchma also voiced confidence that despite 'very strained relations between Russia and Georgia, this ...

Ukraine's policy should be more global, and not focus solely on the West, former president Leonid Kuchma said on Thursday.

Russia said on Thursday it was worried about U.S. talks on the use of Ukrainian radar stations as part of a revised missile defense shield, a step that could hinder efforts to reset ties between the two Cold War foes.

President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko hopes as a result of Ukraine -EU summit to sign a document, which would give an analysis of the done work at the negotiations on Agreement on association.

Poland has deployed troops and snow ploughs after snow and powerful winds cut off power supplies to as many as 700,000 people in storms which swept central Europe.

The possibility of a Ukrainian radar facility being used as part of a U.S. missile defense system is being considered, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States said on Thursday.

The International Monetary Fund is facing key political crunch points in its dealings across Eastern Europe even though it has done much to lose its previous reputation as an advocate of austerity.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has called for the country's Soviet monuments to be thrown onto "the rubbish dump of history", as he opened a memorial to victims of the Soviet secret police.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko is paying a working visit to the Kingdom of Belgium on October 15-16, press secretary of the President of Ukraine Iryna Vannikova informed journalists.

Ukraine's newly appointed foreign minister would like to see his country enjoy better relations with Russia, the UNIAN news agency said on Tuesday.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Oct. 13 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

Georgian vice Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze is on a working visit to Ukraine. Baramidze will attend the Rose-Roth Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Lvov on Oct.14-16.

The Ministry of Transport and Communication of Ukraine introduced the discounts for shipment of transit cargoes in several sea trading ports of Ukraine till April 1, 2010.

The leader of the opposition Party of Regions is leading public opinion polls in Ukraine ahead of presidential election scheduled for January 17, 2010, the UNIAN news agency reported on Monday.

Ukraine, Kiev, October 12 / Trend Capital Z. Novosvitsky / SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) held a ceremony of official opening of its representation in Kiev on Ocotber 12.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Oct. 12 /Trend News, N.Kirtzkhalia/

"Ukraine has sold weapons to Georgia in accordance with all international standards," the Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister, David Jalaganiya said at a traditional briefing on Oct. 12.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad apparently is not Jewish, but there's a chance the candidate for the presidency in Ukraine elections in January 2010, Arseny Petrovich Yatsenyuk, is a Jew after all.

KIEV: From the terrace there are views of the Crimean peninsula, with fir trees, dark green cypresses and a shimmering bay.

The United States says it has no plans to deploy U.S. radar systems or weaponry in Ukraine, following comments by a U.S. defense official that caused Russia to seek clarification.

Ukrainiana writes about the Babyn Yar/Babi Yar massacre. # Foreign Notes cites the results of a Ukrainian survey , according to which "63% of those questioned were most worried about inflation, over 54% worry about low pay and pensions, over 42% were worried about unemployment, and almost 40% were concerned by political instability in the country.

Date : Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:08:04 +0500 MOLDOVA HANDS OVER CIS PRESIDENCY TO RUSSIA RIA Novosti 18:5309/10/2009 CHISINAU, October 9 - Moldova handed over its presidency of the Commonwealth of Independent States to Russia on Friday during the CIS summit in Chisinau.

Professor Sante Graciotti: Freedom from foreign domination can be gained overnight, whereas social freedom inside society and individual ethical freedom take time to achieve By Oxana PACHLIOWSKA, La Sapienza University in Rome, Shevchenko Institute of Literature, Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences Ukraine was forced to sustain the burden of an ...

The meeting of President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev took place in Kishinev.

Topware Interactive announced that they picked up the worldwide publishing rights for Scivelation, a futuristic third person shooter.

WASHINGTON/CHISINAU - The United States denied on Friday that it planned to station U.S. radar systems in Ukraine, after published remarks by a U.S. defense official prompted Moscow to call for clarification.

A memorial in Sevastopol to the ethnic Azeri veterans of World War II has been vandalized, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

From : Sebouh Z Tashjian Date : Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:07:59 +0500 EVENING HONOURING PARAJANOV IN KIEV, UKRAINE Tert.am 17:40 05.10.09 An evening honouring late filmmaker Sergei Parajanov and the 45th anniversary of the film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" took place at Ukraine's Cultural Foundation in Kiev on Friday.

Three Ukrainians died and seven were hospitalised after eating poison mushrooms, the Interfax news agency reported.

The president of Ukraine is overseeing naval exercises off the Crimean peninsula, a potential flashpoint between his country and Russia.

Pakistan and Ukraine concluded the first meeting of the joint commission on cooperation in military and defence production fields on Thursday in the garrison city of Rawalpindi near the capital Islamabad, Xinhua reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 8 / Trend News E.Tariverdiyeva /

The Ukrainian authorities will restore the monument to Azerbaijanis desecrated by vandals in the Crimea.

Slovakia and Ukraine agreed on joint radiation measurements of the contentious x-ray scanner that checks freight trains on the border checkpoint from Ukraine to Slovakia, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak said on Monday, October 5 to the TASR newswire.

Ukrainian police on Tuesday said they had arrested three members of an Islamic fundamentalist group that was planning terrorist acts, the Interfax news agency reported.

BELGRADE, Serbia - Russia will grant Serbia a $1-billion loan to cover the Balkan country's budget deficit and invest into infrastructure, officials said Tuesday, in a deal that could extend Russia's influence in the region.

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 7 / Trend News S. Agayeva /

The Azerbaijani embassy to Ukraine sent diplomatic note to Ukraine concerning destruction of the monument to Azerbaijanis died while releasing Sevastopol from fascists, Azerbaijani ambassador to Ukraine Talat Aliyev said on October 7.

Ukraine's debt-laden state energy company Naftogaz on Thursday effectively defaulted on its $500 million Eurobond issue after it failed to make a payment on time, but a deal on restructuring the debt was expected soon.

'We have notified all regional official bodies. I wrote letters to all the necessary authorities so that this case will not be overlooked and that criminals will be found,' he said.

President Viktor Yushchenko, in Sevastopol for a Ukrainian military celebration in July, is running for reelection.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 5 / Trend Capital E.Ismayilov /

Oil transportation via the Dnepr pipelines to the Kremenchug oil refinery plant (ORP) is a good example of the Azerbaijani oil supplies to Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador in Azerbaijan Boris Klimchuk said on Oct.5.

The mother of Leb, the Ukrainian boy Sir Elton John wants to adopt, has vowed to try and stop the singer taking her son.

From engineering to diplomacy, a professor of engineering and technological sciences, Volodymyr Koval, the new ambassador of Ukraine, has to his credit a whole academic and professional career filled with professional activities.

Andrei Kislinsky, deputy head of the Ukrainian Security Service, has been accused of forging a higher-education diploma, the press service of the Popular Self-Defence movement reports.

The signing ceremony took place in frames of the UN Security Council's 64th session in New York, the MFA press-service reported.

On October 1st, 2009 a ceremonial signing of the contract between ViDi Group and BLG Logistics Group about joint venture establishment - BLG ViDi LOGISTICS, took place.The main objective of the enterprise is to build a modern logistics center of the European level.

According to the Associated Press, Serhiy Ratushnyak, mayor of the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, is being charged with hooliganism, abuse of office and xenophobia for, among other things, calling a presidential candidate "an impudent little Jew." R atushnyak is unrepentant, telling the reporter, "Is everybody obliged to love Jews and Israel? If I ...

Ukraine's presidential election is scheduled for Jan. 17, 2010, and there's no shortage of posts on pre-election politics on Ukrainian blogs.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he planned to meet Russia's Dmitry Medvedev in Moldova next month, though the Kremlin chief has publicly written off doing business with him.

According to him, despite a 'deadly effect of the global downturn on the Ukrainian industry and banking sector, Ukrainians have not yet felt a serious worsening of their financial standing'. According to Poroshenko, another important factor is that a huge external debt does not yet pressure the country.