THE government was accused of being "in chaos" last night after it all but abandoned its flagship identity card scheme.

THE UK economy has contracted at its fastest rate for half a century, casting fresh doubts on Gordon Brown's election strategy.

BRITAIN'S semi-nationalised banks Lloyds and RBS may be forced to engage in a fire sale of parts of their businesses as the price for their multi-billion-pound government

SIX Britons, including a postal worker from Edinburgh, are among 21 human rights activists "kidnapped" by the Israeli authorities, according to campaigners.

TWO British hostages whose bodies were flown home from Iraq last week are thought to have been shot dead.

The European Commission and European financial institutions are ready to help Ukraine buy Russian gas but do not want "to play first fiddle". A joint statement by the European Commission and international lenders on Ukraine's settlements for gas, circulated on

The extra session of the VRU, initiated by the BYuT, will not take place in case the PM Yulia Tymoshenko does not agree to increase salaries and pensions for poor people from June 1, the leader of the Party of

The Party of Regions considers that the coalition must provide the report on current activity and plans for the future. The PR leader Viktor Yanukovych said that on Sunday on Inter channel, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "I think that every

On June 27, "Krayina Mriy" ( Country of dreams) - the large ethnographic festival of theUkrainian folk art took place on the ancient Kyiv's hills. Master-classes were conducted on the different types of age-old folk art. The ancient Ukrainian, cossack

The new swindlers are selling tourists the tickets to attend the popular free of charge places located on the Crimean peninsula. The tourists pay in advance for the excursion and usually are surprised that the excursion is growing in price

President Viktor Yushchenko expects this week the Prosecutor General's Office to provide information on legality of the Government's decisions delaying publication of economic statistics, president's press office reported. "I asked the General Prosecutor's Office to study legality of Government's instructions,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is likely to pass a decision concerning the further issuing of funds under its Stand-by Arrangement with Ukraine within next few days, the Ukrainian government believes, Interfax-Ukraine reported. The Ukrainian government press service said this

PM Yulia Tymoshenko personally is present at today's conciliatory session of the parliamentary factions leaders, the ForUm's correspondent informs. Viktor Yanukovych is also present at the conciliatory session. As a reminder today the extra VRU session is planned, but the

President Viktor Yushchenko has signed a law on the criminal responsibility for keeping of obscene production. Information about returning of the law to parliament with presidential signature is published on the Verkhovna Rada website, MIGnews reported. As is known, according

MPs from the Party of Regions have blocked the VRU podium and presidium. The ForUm's correspondent informs. MPs hanged posters with slogans to increase living wage and minimal salaries. One of such slogans is "Minister will wait, help people". Before

The death of 11 French engineers in Karachi and Pakistan's secret plot to destabilise India.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday night decided to replace the paramilitary, central reserve police force (CRPF) with Jammu and Kashmir armed police (JKAP) in Baramulla town, after one more youth died in the CRPF firing in the town.

Ahead of Mahatma Gandhi's 140th birth anniversary in October, a resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to recognize Gandhi's 'visionary leadership that enhanced the rapidly deepening friendship between the United States and India.'

A petition has been filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court challenging the election of Union Minister for Surface Transport Kamal Nath from Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency for allegedly suppressing actual expenditures incurred on helicopter rides during campaign.

The controversy over a minister of Dr Manmohan Singh's Cabinet directly influencing a judge of the Madras High Court reached its peak when the Prime Minister's Office, Chief Justice of India and principal opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party took the