KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Nations Yuriy Sergeyev, who participated in a UN Security Council debate on fighting piracy at sea, has confirmed Ukraine's intention to join the European Union's Operation Atalanta He said that

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. An academic process at schools, higher education establishments and kindergartens will be resumed on Monday, November 23 in a major part of Ukraine's regions as the Cabinet of Ministers makes a relevant decision, First Deputy Premier,

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine has completed the harvest of sunflower seeds and according to rough data, the country harvested 6.53 million tons of sunflowers seeds in 2009, with the average yield being 1.58 tons per hectare, according to the

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The sale of cars in Ukraine fell by 74% in the first ten months of 2009 year-over-year. According to experts, the market of new cars will fall to 180,000 vehicles this year, compared to 623,000 sold

KYIV, November 27 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko has sent letters of intention to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) with proposals for removing obstacles arising from the failure of previous agreements with

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has conducted a currency auction to satisfy the needs of banks' clients for them to repay their debts on loans issued in foreign currency, the NBU press service has reported.

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market strengthened by eight kopecks on Friday after a two-kopeck drop on Thursday, to UAH 8.08/USD 1, according to currency market players. Trading on the interbank market opened

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian Environmental Protection Ministry has announced the holding of the 11th auction on the sale of 89 special permits for the use of mineral resources. The overall cost of geological information is estimated at UAH

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Kharkiv-based JSC Turboatom has supplied a high pressure rotor for the Kola Nuclear Power Plant (Russia), the company press-service reported. The equipment is valued at UAH 10 million (USD 1 - UAH 7.99). Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has opened a criminal case on the unauthorized sale and spread of secret information by a cable Internet service provider in Dnipropetrovsk region. During the searches conducted at the provider's

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine is satisfied with the outcome of the Yalta CIS Summit of Heads of Government, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said. During a meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government, according to Tymoshenko,

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. A contract will be signed between Ukraine and Russia on cooperation in the sphere of nuclear and atomic power engineering till 2020, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said during a meeting of the Economic Cooperation Committee

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The number of those who have died of flu and acute respiratory viral infections in Ukraine has grown to 354, including 12 who have died over the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has said.

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine and Russia have selected companies for the possible creation of a joint venture in the sphere of satellite navigation, Director General of the National Space Agency of Ukraine Oleksandr Zinchenko has said. He said that

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Customs services of Ukraine and Moldova started to jointly unify their information bases, goods coding, State Customs Service Chairman Anatoliy Makarenko said at a meeting with a delegation of the Moldovan Customs Service in Odesa today.

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine will consider in a closed regime the possibility of sending peacekeepers to Afghanistan, President Viktor Yushchenko said while opening a council meeting on Friday. The participation of

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian language was for the first time presented at the international language fair Expolingua in Berlin. On Saturday, a mini-course of the Ukrainian language will be held for all those wishing, Expolingua organizers told UKRINFORM's

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said that the plan on Ukraine's cooperation with the European Union on signing an agreement on association and a free trade area has been 90-100% fulfilled. He made the comment while

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The opposition Party of Regions does not have real voices at the parliament to dismiss Yulia Tymoshenko's Cabinet, says Ihor Zhdanov, the Open Policy center director. According to him, the opposition also has no voices to

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Leaders of the Donetsk Regional State Administration (RSA) and the Moscow region government concluded a cooperation agreement. The document was signed in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region. In addition, agreements on cooperation between Moscow and Donetsk Chambers of