Commenting today (Thursday) on the agreement reached between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Reacting to a speech made today (Wednesday) by Conservative Leader David Cameron on Europe, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Responding to the Government's report on the future of universities Higher Ambitions published today (Tuesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

A sudden flu outbreak has brought life in Ukraine to a halt. All public meetings are banned, schools are closed for three weeks, and nine regions are in quarantine.

Ukraine's deadly flu outbreak widened on Wednesday, as government officials announced new emergency measures in an attempt to control the spread of the illness.

Urging against panic, Ukraine closes all schools to stop swine Flu KIEV, Ukraine Ukraine's prime minister says "there is absolutely no need to panic," but the government is closing all schools nationwide for a week to avoid the spread of

The death toll from what has been described as a flu epidemic in Ukraine continued to climb on Monday, as medical assistance from other countries began arriving in the former Soviet republic.

In front of a fenced-in barrack where the monkies live during the summer, an unusual sculpture has been put up. A female human-like monkey (perhaps chimpanzee) is cradling a child. For some reason this sculpture is named "Monkey Madonna", imitating

Today, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko met with members of the State Emergency Anti-epidemics Commission of the Cabinet of Ministers. First Deputy Defence Minister Valeriy Ivashchenko, Interior Ministry Internal Troops Commander Oleksandr Kikhtenko, Chairman of the State Borderguard Service of

Transport with the first 400 sets for tests on the A/H1N1 flu strains has come to the Hrebinne - Rava-Ruska checkpoint of the Ukraine-Poland state border (Lviv region, Western Ukraine), the Poland's RCB government security center reported. Polish experts are

A total of 17 А(H1N1) flu cases have been confirmed in Ukraine, First Deputy Chief Sanitarian Officer Liudmyla Mukharska has told a press conference on Wednesday. Overall, according to her, 478,000 people have been affected by influenza and ARI since

Today, Director of the Boryspil International Airport Borys Shakhsuvarov reported that the UEFA inspection was satisfied with the Kyiv's airport preparations. However, UEFA airport expert Peter Hampson expressed some confusion as for the completion of the D terminal. As scheduled,

USA) attends the auction for investors' involvement in construction of the new terminal at the "International Airport "Lviv" State Enterprise in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 4, 2009. UKRINFORM. KYIV, November 4. Today, the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Ukraine in

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that criminal cases should be opened against the owners of drugstores that are profiteering from medicines. "A six-month reserve of medicines at all stores and drugstores was sold in 20 days, so there's

The Joint Stock Company Factory of Theatre Properties was founded in 1946. It is one of the oldest specialized enterprises that meets requirements of many theatrical collectives. Today, it is a large well-equipped enterprise which can carry out any order,

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers is holding talks with India on the purchase of broad-spectrum antibiotics, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at the council on issues of taking immediate measures in the region on detection and treatment of sick

Yesterday, Director of the Coordination Bureau for Europe Football Championship 2012 organization in Ukraine Illya Shevlyak met with foreign journalists - participants of the press tour dedicated to the UEFA EURO 2012 arranged by the Information Centre Ukraine-2012 at the

Within the framework of the press tour arranged by the Information Centre Ukraine-2012 , foreign journalists started their working day with a visit to FC Knyazha training base. The sport complex located in Shchaslyve village (Kyiv region), is supposed to

Currently on the peninsula there is no seasonal flu as such, and there is also no А/H1N1 flu. At the same time, there is seasonal increase in acute respiratory illnesses. This is connected with the change of climate conditions and

The Government will direct UAH 1 million and 900 thousand from the State Budget to the Ivano-Frankivsk regional clinical infectious diseases hospital for completion of the second additional building. The information was delivered by Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during