KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko will try to persuade his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday that Ukraine will not pose any military threat for Russia after joining NATO in the future.
KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko signaled Thursday he will probably veto the government??™s 2007 budget for second time as the Cabinet has failed to meet the president??™s key demand to boost minimum pension.
KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ Separmurat Niyazov, the authoritarian president of Turkmenistan, the Central Asian country that supplies most of Ukraine??™s natural gas needs, died early on Thursday of a heart attack, state controlled media reported.
KIEV, Dec. 21 - President Viktor Yushchenko's group, Our Ukraine, was the biggest winner of voter preferences over the past month gaining four percentage points and reducing its gap with a leading opposition party, an opinion poll showed.
KIEV, Dec. 21 - The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved a resolution granting management control over key naval and navigation infrastructure used by the Russian naval fleet in Crimea to Ukrainian agencies, officials said.
KIEV, Dec. 21 - President Viktor Yushchenko will hold a meeting with leaders of the government and Parliament Thursday to discuss steps Ukraine should take if natural gas dispute with Russia gets out of control.
KIEV, Dec. 21 - Ukraine will soon sign protocols with Slovakia and Romania on the arrangements for selling the incomplete Kryvy Rih Oxidized Ore Mining and Beneficiation Plant.
KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ Ukraine intends to invest significant sums in the development of oil and gas in Libya, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk said in Libya on Monday after his talks with Libyan Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Shalgam.
KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ The Ukrainian government has decided to call a tender for the right to sign a production sharing agreement (PSA) for prospecting of the oil and gas deposits in the Black Sea shelf located on the territory of Ukraine in the Kerch zone, and adopted the procedure of the tender, Environment Minister Pavel Ihnatenko told the press.
KIEV, Dec. 20 ??“ Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko led Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to admit during a live television debate Monday that he had been jailed in the past.
