KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine and Romania will jointly conduct an environmental monitoring of the Danube Delta. Ukrainian Ambassador at Large Oleksiy Shovkoplyas made the comment after a visiting meeting on the development of the Danube region in Izmail, Odesa

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. The highest level of flu alert has been announced in Ivano-Frankivsk region from November 2. The decision was taken on Monday at an extended meeting of the regional emergency epidemiological commission that discussed the situation with

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine has sown 7.7 million hectares with winter grain crops as of October 29, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry has reported. At the same time, seedlings are received on 85% of areas, namely on 87% of winter

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Azovstal Steel Mill, part of Metinvest Group, reduced the output of finished rolled steel by 26.1% in January-October 2009 year-over-year, to 3.431 million tons, steel by 26.8% to 3.719 million tons, pig iron by 24.2% to

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. The press services of Ukraine's leading airline companies AeroSvit and Ukraine International Airlines, as well as the press service of the Boryspil International Airport have reported measures being taken to fight the flu epidemic in Ukraine.

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Trading on the interbank currency market on Monday closed with an insignificant rise in dollar quotations - to UAH 8.14-8.18/USD 1. The purchase rate totaled 8.14/USD 1, while the sale rate was UAH 8.18/USD 1. The

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn hopes a norm on a compulsory labeling of foodstuffs containing genetically modified organisms (GMO) will take effect in early 2010, he told the press on Monday. "When forming a relevant reference

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has met with President of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Joao Soares, UKRINFORM reported, referring to the presidential press service. Yushchenko praised the

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn has said that amendments to the draft state budget for 2010 will be introduced after the State Statistics Committee publishes macroeconomic indicators for Q3, 2009. He said that the committee should

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has demanded that the Ukrainian government officially amend the gas contracts with Russia dated January 19, 2009, his press secretary Iryna Vannykova has said. She said that Yushchenko wants the Cabinet of

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament and presidential candidate Volodymyr Lytvyn has today failed to give a definite answer to the question about the possibility of introducing a state of emergency in Ukraine as the flu epidemic

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. The State Tax Administration (STA) of Ukraine has registered 1,872 violations by drugstores following two days of checks on the availability of medicines at drugstores and the formation of prices for them, STA Chairman Serhiy Buriak

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. UEFA Cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk have jumped to third place in the updated ranking of the world's leading clubs, which was published by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). Dynamo Kyiv lost ten

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has ordered the Health Ministry to sign a contract with Ukraine's Burevestnik Plant to buy medical equipment. "A contract must be concluded for the whole volume they have," she said adding that

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said there are positive changes in the negotiating process on the release of the Ariana, a ship hijacked by Somali pirates on May 2, 2009, ministry spokesman Valeriy Dzhyhun has said.

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has rebuffed reports in the media that neighboring countries allegedly closed their border with Ukraine due to the epidemic of swine flu, ministry spokesman Valeriy Dzhyhun said at a briefing on Monday.

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Twenty-two cases of the A(H1N1) flu virus have been officially confirmed in Ukraine, First Deputy Health Minister Vasyl Lazoryshynets has said. As UKRINFORM reported, 67 people have already died of flu and acute respiratory infections in

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will pay an official visit to Ukraine on November 5-6, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Valeriy Dzhyhun has said. The program of the visit foresees talks between the heads of the two states,

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. The number of Ukrainian peacekeepers in Kosovo will be reduced from 184 to 125 people in 2010, Acting Defense Minister Valeriy Ivashchenko has said. He was speaking at a see-off ceremony for the Ukrainian peacekeepers of

KYIV, November 2 /UKRINFORM/. Cancellation of the presidential elections in Ukraine due to the influenza epidemic is impossible, the presidential runner, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said. "Surely, the presidential elections will not be cancelled. The elections will be held