KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. The number of those who have died of flu, flu-like illnesses and their complications in Ukraine has increased to 397 people, the Health Ministry has reported. Over 1.679 million people have contracted flu and acute respiratory

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. The Economic Court of Zaporizhzhia region has launched the bankruptcy procedure for OJSC Azovcable, the enterprise said in a statement. The case was opened at the request of the Pension Fund of Berdiansk in connection with

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Amendments to some Ukrainian laws related to improving legal framework for preventing and combating corruption and organized crime have taken force in Ukraine. Under the instrument, creation and liquidation of units and divisions for combating organized

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Moody's Investors Service has affirmed Ukraine's sovereign rating at B2 with a negative outlook, the agency said in a statement. Moody's retained the rating after Ukraine's state-run rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia defaulted on a principal payment on

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko has signed a decree pardoning 48 convicts: 14 women and 34 men. Of them - 27 young people, 3 elderly, 2 invalids and 2 persons from large families. The head of state has

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Strengthening of the Ukrainian national currency will continue, forecast experts with Ukrgasbank. In particular, the number of market transactions is growing now with a lot of companies making payments to the budget. Consequently, the number of

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. JSC Gazprom and NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine signed Tuesday an addendum to a contract of January 19, 2009 with Naftogaz agreed to purchase 33.75 billion cubic meters of gas from Gazprom in 2010. This was less

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. The average weighted rate of the U.S. dollar totaled UAH 8.0585/USD 1 after trading on the interbank currency market on Wednesday. According to the National Bank of Ukraine, the average purchase rate of the U.S. dollar

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. The official exchange rates of banking metals per ten troy ounces set by the National Bank of Ukraine for November 25, 2009, were UAH 93,503 (!) for gold, UAH 1,484 (-) for silver, and UAH 116,095

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has provided water areas for the use by five sea commercial ports. In particular, the government decided to provide a water area for the use by the state-run Yalta Sea Commercial

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. FC Dynamo Kyiv played a 0:0 draw with FC Rubin Kazan in UEFA Champions League Group F Matchday 5 at the Centralniy Stadium in Kazan, November 24. One more Group F match saw FC Barcelona easily

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Trading on the interbank currency market opened at UAH 8.0580-8.0805/USD 1 on Wednesday. According to InterBusinessConsulting Company, trading in the euro and the Russian ruble opened at UAH 12.0860-12.1185/EUR 1 and UAH 0.2797-0.2807/RUR 1. The National

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom have agreed to reduce the amount of Russian gas to be supplied to Ukraine in 2010, however, the gas price will grow by around 28%, UKRINFORM reported, citing the Russian newspaper

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. The purchase rate of the cash dollar at the exchange offices of Ukrainian banks was UAH 8.03-8.10/USD 1 on November 25, while the sale rate was UAH 8.13-8.17/USD 1. The average sale rate totaled UAH 8.153/USD

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko will pay a one-day working visit to Poland on Wednesday, November 25. He is expected to meet with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and President Lech Kaczynski, an UKRINFORM reporter said.

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Motor Sich has started to produce new engines for Russia's Ansat light helicopters, Head of the Board of Directors of Motor Sich Viacheslav Bohuslayev has said. Main work (85%) will be conducted at the company's plant

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. The Ukrainian Justice Ministry has created a special electronic search system of Ukrainian non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the ministry's press service has said. The search system became the logical completion of work on the creation of a

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KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine imported 64,825 vehicles in the first nine months of 2009, including 45,593 cars, 18,350 trucks, 690 buses, and 192 special vehicles, the Ukrautoprom Association has reported. Analysts say that overall imports fell by six times

KYIV, November 25 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Yeliseyev and Deputy State Secretary at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Pierre Helg chaired Ukrainian-Swiss political consultations in Kyiv on November 24, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service has