KIEV, Nov. 21 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday once again asked Ukraine to join a Moscow-led trade bloc as part of negotiations over lower natural gas prices.
KIEV, Nov. 21 - Polish and Swedish foreign ministers are to meet Ukraine's richest man, billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, in a new bid to secure the release of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, Reuters reported Monday.
KIEV, Nov. 21 - Ukraine's human rights envoy and a member of the pro-government party, Nina Karpacheva, said Monday that jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has "extremely serious" health problems.
The envoy said that during a visit to her Kiev prison cell on Sunday night, Tymoshenko, 50, could not get out of bed, BBC reported.
KIEV, Nov. 18 – The International Monetary Fund's 2008 exceptional access Stand-By Arrangement for Ukraine met some short-term goals but made little progress in meeting medium-term objective: there was no major shift in policy making and politically motivated economic considerations continue to drive policy making in Ukraine, according to IMF experts.
KIEV, Nov. 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych signed on Friday a law on amendments to the Tax Code and some other Ukrainian laws on the single taxation system.
KIEV, Nov. 18 - The main focus of discussions at the 14th EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels on November 22 is expected to be on supporting the reform and democratization process in Ukraine, the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine reported.
KIEV, Nov. 21 – Protesting small business owners gave President Viktor Yanukovych time until late Monday to veto controversial new tax legislation and otherwise threatened political action that would seek to dismiss him.
KIEV, Nov. 21 – Marking the third anniversary of the Orange Revolution that has catapulted him to the presidency, Viktor Yushchenko said Ukraine has been building up democratic institutions and making a good economic progress.
KIEV, Nov. 21 – The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved four minor regulatory issues aimed at clearing the way for the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization next month, a senior official said.
