KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers, Petro Poroshenko and Sergey Lavrov, have discussed in their phone call a broad range of issues of bilateral cooperation. The parties acknowledged that Ukraine-Russia relations have recently gained a new

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's Healthcare Ministry has released the latest data on flu-patients and death toll in the country as of Friday, October 30. For today, the number of acute respiratory disease-hit patients is 81,487 people, including 33,500 children.

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian government will apply best efforts to protect Ukraine from the influenza, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said this at a meeting in Ternopil on Friday, UKRINFORM correspondent reports. According to Tymoshenko, the Cabinet outlined

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian Ministry of Emergencies and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in support of bilateral cooperation on natural disaster risk reduction and early recovery. The program envisages financing at

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The European Commission has proposed to the Council to provide macro-financial assistance to Ukraine, in the form of a loan of up to EUR 500 million, reads the Commission's press release, UKRINFORM's own correspondent in Belgium

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. All activities within the presidential election campaign have been cancelled after the H1N1 flu epidemic and quarantine were declared in Ukraine, Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has said. As UKRINFORM reported, the government placed nine Ukrainian regions in

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine is going to hold consultations with UEFA and FIFA on defining the possibility of holding international football matches in view of the H1N1 flu epidemic, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has told a briefing on Friday.

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko has signed the law on a rise in social standards, he has told the press on Friday. When explaining his decision to sign the document, the government and the IMF oppose, the head

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko, having enacted the NSDC decision of October 13, 2009, made amendments to the National Security and Defense Council's decision dated September 26, 2008 related to the immediate tasks on enhancing Ukraine's defense capacity,

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. At its today's meeting, the Cabinet of Ministers has set in Ukraine the H1N1 flu Hazard Level 3 as the influenza epidemic is spreading across the country, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday. She also

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian government has earmarked additional UAH 500 million (USD 1 - UAH 8.0) in order to purchase necessary medication in sufficiency, safety masks, artificial respirators and many other necessary things the country is to have

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. Rail traffic in Ukraine will be restricted due to the epidemiological situation in the country, Health Minister Vasyl Kniazevych has said. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said earlier that travel by people between the regions and abroad

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has congratulated Angela Merkel on her reelection as German federal chancellor. He expressed confidence that a new German government headed by Merkel would continue to raise the prosperity of the German people,

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The Central Election Commission (CEC) has today denied registration of presidential candidates for five self-nominees, who failed to make a UAH 2.5 million deposit. The CEC has also registered All-Ukraine Union Svoboda leader Oleh Tyahnybok and

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The macroeconomic situation is stabilizing in Ukraine, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Ukraine Max Alier said at an annual conference organized by Fitch Ratings. He said that the fund's program of cooperation with Ukraine

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The interbank currency market has faced the sideways trend for two weeks, as there had been no significant changes in the currency exchange rate since October 16. The "factor of Prominvestbank" is continuing to influence the

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has placed Ukraine's nine regions in quarantine in view of the А(H1N1) flu epidemic. A decision to that effect has been made at today's Cabinet special meeting. As UKRINFORM reported,

President Viktor Yushchenko KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko is asking Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to ensure allocation of necessary funds from the state budget for a permanent monitoring of the influenza virus spread, including the A(H1N1) flu, as

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. Trading in the U.S. dollar on the interbank currency market opened on Friday at UAH 8.1015-8.1285/USD 1 and UAH 12.0135-12.0565/EUR 1. Yesterday's trading on the interbank market closed with a significant rise in hryvnia quotations to

KYIV, October 30 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has expressed condolences to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over a terrorist attack made in Kabul, which resulted in the deaths of employees from the UN mission in Afghanistan. "Ukraine, as a