The Cabinet of Ministers will consider quarantine in other 10 regionsof Ukraine. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced this today duringa meeting with regional leaders on how to prevent the spread ofinfection.The head of government said that it is necessary to

The Ukrainian government will ensure that teachers receive their fullsalaries despite the quarantine and school closings, Minister of Laborand Social Policy Lyudmyla Denisova has stated."Our children, not teachers are under quarantine. There areinstructions from the Minister of Education recommending that

President Viktor Yushchenko met with the leadership of the NationalBank, law enforcement and judicial authorities, and temporaryadministrators Ukrprombank and Nadra Bank, presidential press office reported.At the meeting sides have discussed the situation in problem banksand implementation of the Decree of

Slovakia closes two of its five border checkpoints with Ukraine due to epidemic of swine flu, accordig to "Novosti" agency withreferrence to Slovak Home Affairs minister Robert Kalinak. According tothe minister, thousands of people are daily crossing "Velke Slementse","Mali Selmentsi"

Ukraine will start vaccinating its citizens against the H1N1influenza only in a month or two when the vaccines are registered inthe country, says Oleksandr Hrynevych, the director of the UkrainianFlu and ARD Center, UKRINFORM reports. According to him, two anti-H1N1

An outbreak of seasonal and swine flu, which hit Ukraine last week, has claimed the lives of 71 people, the country's prime minister said on Tuesday."Seventy-one people have died of flu as of today," Yulia Tymoshenko said reporting to parliament

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has demanded that theUkrainian government officially amend the gas contracts with Russiadated January 19, 2009, his press secretary Iryna Vannykova said, UKRINFORM. She said that Yushchenko wants the Cabinet of Ministers to determinethe optimal amount of

Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz must pay four billion UAH to Russian Gazprom for the consumed gas in October, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told the parliament."As of today the gas debt of all consumers, mostly of local heating companies, makes seven

Russian and Ukrainian diplomats will join efforts to seek therelease of the crew of a cargo vessel accused of a murder in the Congo,the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported.The 23-member crew of the

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has appealed to the European Commission to provide urgent assistance to Ukraine in the fight against the swine flu pandemic, a government spokesman said.According to latest data, the outbreak of swine flu, which hit Ukraine

The Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers, Petro Poroshenko andSergey Lavrov, have discussed in their phone call a broad range ofissues of bilateral cooperation. The parties acknowledged thatUkraine-Russia relations have recently gained a new pace, UKRINFORM reported. Poroshenko confirmed Ukraine's readiness

We have problems like the rest of the world,"Vasyl Knyazevych said. He asked politicians not to debate the flu issueon radio and tv but instead give floor to medical workers.The Minister also said thatthere is no ban for people's travelling

Tonight the AN-12 cargo plane from Switzerland has arrived atBoryspil airport bringing antiviral drug Tamiflu to Ukraine, presidential press office reported. PrimeMinister Yulia Tymoshenko, President's Chief of Staff Vira Ulyanchenkoand Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko have come to the airport to

Ukraine is going to hold consultations with UEFA and FIFA ondefining the possibility of holding international football matches inview of the H1N1 flu epidemic, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko tolda briefing, UKRINFORM reported. She also added that such consultations will be

The Ukrainian government will review all pharmacies in the countryto ensure they meet requirements imposed over the current flu epidemic,Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Sunday, according to RIA Novosti.Tymoshenko said in comments broadcast on the main television channels that