RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's president criticized the government onTuesday for a slow pace of the construction of a new shelter over thefourth nuclear reactor of the Chernobyl power plant, the site of theworld's worst nuclear disaster.In September 2007, Ukraine signed

Total production of ethyl alcohol over ninemonths made up 18 million decaliters and it is less than during thesame period of the previous year by 0.93 million decaliters, theUkrspyrt Concern informed, National radio reported.Supplies to the domesticmarket grew by 3.3

NSDC should find effective solutions to improve the situation in theArmed Forces of Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko emphasized todayat the NSDC meeting opening discussion of the question on defensivepotentialities of the state and urgent measures on ensuring the abilityof the

Under the existing contracts with Gazprom, Ukraine will be unable toguarantee gas supplies from Russia to Europe during the 2010-11 winterseason, the Ukrainian president's point man on energy security saidTuesday, according to RIA Novosti.Bohdan Sokolovskiy said, however, that Ukraine was

Ukraine plans to actively participate in theUN programs for fighting the piracy, Ukraine's Permanent Representativeto the United National Yuriy Sergeyev told the MFA press club meeting, National radio reported.He noted that Ukraine willparticipate in preparation of the UN Resolution concerning

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko is paying a working visit to the Kingdom of Belgium on October 15-16, press secretary of the President of Ukraine Iryna Vannikova informed journalists.According to her, it is the first official visit in the history

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko isconvinced that the agreements to the effect that Russia's Gazprom wouldnot fine Naftogaz of Ukraine for taking less natural gas than it isstated in the contract will be documented at the end of the currentyear.She

The leader of the opposition Party of Regions is leading publicopinion polls in Ukraine ahead of presidential election scheduled forJanuary 17, 2010, according to UNIAN.According to a poll conducted by the Ukraine Public OpinionFoundation, 26.8% of voters are ready to

Ukraine's newly appointed foreign minister would like to see hiscountry enjoy better relations with Russia, RIA Novosti reported.Ukraine's parliament approved Petro Poroshenko as foreign ministerlast Friday. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko introduced the newforeign minister to the country's diplomatic corps earlier

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko refused to sign amendments to the state budget for 2009 on theallocation by the National Bank of Ukraine of UAH 10 billion (UAH 8.01/ USD 1) required to finance the UEFA EURO 2012 European FootballChampionship, the

RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) had lost its relevance, the presidential press service reported.The two-day summit of the post-Soviet bloc, which started on Friday in Moldova's capital, Chisinau, was sparsely attended,

The demand for cash foreign currency among the population in September reduced comparing to August by 13.8%, from USD 2.18 billion to USD 1.88 billion."This owes to the temporary stabilization of the US dollar rate last month, continuing reduction of

A mission from the International Monetary Fund arrives in Ukraine on Monday for a 12-day working visit, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said."The IMF mission headed by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu will be in Ukraine between October 12 and 24. Issues of economic

Petro Poroshenko, who has been appointed Ukraine's Foreign Minister on Friday, October 9, says relations between Ukraine and Russia should be pragmatic and mutually beneficial."The relations will be based on mutual respect for the two states' sovereignty," he told the