KIEV, Aug. 16 – British-based procurement agency Crown Agents has reported a savings of more than 45% or UAH 500 million on procurement of medicines for children's and adult oncology programs for the funds of the 2015 national budget compared to purchases in 2014.
KIEV, Aug. 16 – Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko and Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding between the two agencies regarding judicial cooperation.
KIEV, Aug. 16 – Over 3,600 Russian citizens were refused entry into Ukraine in the six months of 2016, Ukrainian State Border Service chief Viktor Nazarenko said.
KIEV, Aug. 15 – Ukraine's TVi Channel has claimed that the exclusion of the channel by cable operators in Donetsk and Mariupol from their networks on August 13 was due to direct instructions from the regional representatives of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting.
KIEV, Aug. 16 - A high court in Ukraine on Thursday began hearing the appeal of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is seeking to overturn her seven-year jail sentence for abuse of office.
KIEV, Aug. 16 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Tuesday rejected a proposal from Gazprom that Ukraine surrender its natural gas pipelines, much like Belarus, in exchange for lower gas prices from Russia.
KIEV, Aug. 16 – Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko, who finished third in the January 2010 presidential election, on Tuesday announced plans to merge his Strong Ukraine party with President Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party.
KIEV, Aug. 16 – A Kiev court on Monday postponed for 10 days its ruling over television frequencies amid mounting criticism of Ukrainian authorities for alleged restrictions on the freedom of speech.
KIEV, Aug. 13 – The forest fire situation in Ukraine is difficult, but it cannot be compared with that seen in Russia, said Mykola Shershun, chairman of the State Forestry Committee.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 – The United States considers Ukraine a sovereign state that has the right to conduct independent policies, Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Public Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, said, commenting on a letter by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko.
