KIEV, April 13 – The U.S. is “deeply disappointed” with the conviction of Ukraine’s former acting Defense Minister Valery Ivashchenko and urges the authorities to release him, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement Friday.
KIEV, April 13 - Parliament on Friday approved a bill allowing for the breakup of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the biggest shipper of Russian natural gas to Europe, but banning privatization of its gas pipelines and other assets.
KIEV, April 16 - Ukraine seeks to immediately resume natural gas talks with Russia, with President Viktor Yanukovych requesting an urgent meeting with Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin.
KIEV, April 16 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday signed into law amendments to the 2012 budget that dramatically increase social spending ahead of the October parliamentary elections.
KIEV, April 15 – UEFA President Michel Platini has said he is confident that the Euro 2012 European Football Championship will be held in Ukraine and Poland.
KIEV, April 15 – Ukraine’s chances of getting two installments in one shot from the International Monetary Fund are very slim, according to majority of investment bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine said.
KIEV, April 15 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko declared 386,170 hryvnias in income for 2008, according to her tax declaration obtained and published by Ukrayinska Pravda online newspaper.
KIEV, April 16 - The hryvnia will continue to lose value against the U.S. dollar and the euro over the next 12 months, according to a quarterly survey of businesses released by the National Bank of Ukraine.
KIEV, April 16 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s allies blocked the work of Parliament Thursday pressing for investigation into the 2005 death of Ihor Pluzhnikov, the majority owner of Ukraine’s most popular television channel Inter.
