KIEV, Jan. 20 – Talks between President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders aimed at easing the country’s deepest political crisis in decades have failed to materialize after the president refused to show up.
KIEV, Jan. 20 – Repressive legislation signed by President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday was published Tuesday by the government’s official newspapers, opening way for new attacks on protesters and a further escalation of street clashes in Ukraine.
KIEV, Jan. 17 – A mission of the International Monetary Fund will start its work in Ukraine on January 29 to discuss a new Stand-By Arrangement, said IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Max Alier.
KIEV, Jan. 17 – Ukraine should work on the deregulation and simplification of issuing permits to rank among the top 100 countries in the Doing Business rating of the World Bank, President Viktor Yanukovych said.
KIEV, Jan. 18 – Ukraine’s opposition Svoboda party on Friday vowed to take legal action to try to stop a production sharing agreement with Royal Dutch Shell on extraction of shale gas.
KIEV, Jan. 18 - Prosecutors said they will seek life imprisonment for jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko amid new claims of her alleged involvement in the murder of a lawmaker and businessman in the 1990s.
KIEV, Jan. 19 – The National Bank of Ukraine has injected over 99% of its non-cash emissions in 2010 into foreign currency purchases, the NBU said in a posting on its Web site.
KYOTO, Jan. 20 - Japanese businesses are ready to help Ukraine take a leading position among developed countries, the chairman of the Japanese-Ukrainian Economic Council, Hakuo Yanagisawa, has said.
KIEV, Jan. 20 – Two explosions rocked the city of Makiyivka on Thursday, shattering a coal company headquarters and a marketplace, and sending hundreds of security agents and police to investigate the “terrorist” strike.
