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Interfax-Ukraine
1 - Yanukovych: Ukraine to build its relations with Russia on equal terms
2 - Emergencies Ministry: 122 people fall victim to cold in Ukraine
3 - Yanukovych expects energy market participants to agree on upgrading Ukraine's GTS
4 - Ukraine's authorities, opposition unanimous about drawing closer to EU, says president
5 - Gas talks with Russia sluggish due to severe frost, says Ukrainian president
6 - Ukrainian-Japanese deal on cooperation in responding to emergencies at NPPs to be signed in April, says Emergencies Ministry
7 - Lawmakers unwilling to consider PACE recommendations to lower election threshold, says Rada speaker
8 - VS Energy expects special metal market improve in 2012
9 - Altcom launches crushed stone plant in Rivne region
10 - Sale of 50% stake in Vinnytsiaoblenergo fails due to lack of quorum for tender commission
11 - Grain harvest in Ukraine in 2012 could drop by almost 25%, say experts
12 - Yanukovych: Ukraine has never held talks on leasing its gas transport system
13 - Kalinin appointed as SBU head
14 - Tymoshenko's daughter, allies to go to Europe from U.S.
15 - List of IPs attempting to block president's Web site passed to law enforcers, says special communications service
16 - Reikartz creates new low-cost hotel brand in Ukraine
17 - Ukrzaliznytsia suspends goods exports to CIS and Baltic states for sake of domestic shipments
18 - U.S. Congress preparing resolution to point out existence of political prisoners in Ukraine, says Nemyria
19 - Ukraine fourth in terms of number of complaints considered by European Court, says Justice Ministry
20 - Court to examine classified materials in Lutsenko's case in closed session on February 3
21 - Ex.ua domain unlocked, site to become accessible later this day
22 - BYT-Batkivschyna continues to fight for decriminalization of 'Tymoshenko articles'
23 - Kyiv ranked 8th among 23 key global cities in growth of luxury residential prices in 2011, say experts
24 - XXI Century wants to attract private investors to develop trade real estate projects
25 - Westa sees 21% rise in sales in December, 18% rise in 2011
26 - Ukreximbank signs agreement of cooperation with Portuguese state-run bank CGD
27 - Yanukovych: No problems in relations between Kyiv and Chisinau
28 - Tymoshenko's daughter speaks in U.S. Senate
29 - PACE president seeking personal meeting with Tymoshenko in prison
30 - Yanukovych sets up working group to implement recommendations of PACE resolution
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that Ukraine will build its relations with Russia on equal terms.
A total of 122 people have died of hypothermia during the extreme cold in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry reported on Saturday, citing figures from the Health Ministry.
Ukraine expects that the energy market participants will ultimately agree on the modernization of the country's gas transportation system, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that no previous government in Ukraine has done more to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union than the current one, and the only obstacle on the path of the European integration of Ukraine is the situation around the former prime minister and Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
The talks on natural gas price between Ukraine and Russia have not stopped, but have slowed down, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
The preparation of an agreement between the governments of Ukraine and Japan on cooperation in post-accident responses to emergencies at nuclear power plants is undergoing finalization and will be ready for signing in mid-April.
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has expressed doubt that Ukrainian lawmakers will be willing to comply with the recommendations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) concerning Ukraine's electoral law.
The situation on the special metal market in the first quarter of 2012 is unfavorable for Dniprospetsstal, although in future quarters it should improve, the president of VS Energy International, Mykhailo Spektor, has said.
Neftecom Oil Ltd. (Rivne region), which is part of the Donetsk-based Altcom financial and industrial group, has launched a crushed stone plant on the basis of the Zaverichie quarry in Rivne region, which has an average production capacity of 180,000 tonnes of stone per hour, reads a posting on the group's Web site.
The holding of a privatization tender to sell a 50% stake in regional electricity supply company Vinnytsiaoblenergo on Friday was a failure due to a lack of quorum for the tender commission, the press service of the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has told Interfax-Ukraine.
The grain and bean harvest in Ukraine this year could be 42.6 million tonnes in bunker weight, which is almost 25% down on 2011, according to experts from the ProAgro information company.
Ukraine has never held talks on leasing the national gas transport system, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree appointing Ihor Kalinin as chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the presidential press service reported on Friday.
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter Yevhenia and representatives of the Batkivschyna Party will continue go to Europe from the U.S. to raise awareness about the situation with political prisoners in Ukraine.
A list of all the IP addresses from which attempts to attack the Web site of the Ukrainian president were made has been passed to law enforcers, the press service of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection told Interfax-Ukraine.
Reikartz Hotels & Resorts, which is developing a chain of three- and four-star hotels in Ukraine, has announced the launch of the Raziotel low-cost hotel brand, according to Reikartz Hotels & Resorts COO Sebastian Kraemer.
The State Rail Transport Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia) has temporarily stopped export shipments to the CIS and Baltic states in connection with the need to ensure domestic transportation.
The U.S. Congress is preparing a resolution that will point out the existence of political prisoners in Ukraine, Deputy Leader of the Batkivschyna Party Hryhoriy Nemyria told Interfax-Ukraine.
Ukraine ranks fourth behind Russia, Turkey and Romania, in terms of the number of complaints considered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the press service of the Justice Ministry of Ukraine reported.
Pechersky District Court in Kyiv will hold closed hearings into the criminal case against former Interior Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko on Friday, February 3, addressing 18th and last volume of the case, which contains sensitive data.
The popular file sharing site www.ex.ua has resumed its work, the Imena.UA company told Interfax-Ukraine.
The BYT-Batkivschyna faction continues to insist on the decriminalization of the article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine under which former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to imprisonment.
Kyiv, with a rise of 7.5% in luxury residential prices in 2011, was ranked eighth among 23 key global cities, reads a press release of Knight Frank, referring to the Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index, which tracks the performance of the world’s leading luxury residential markets.
Director General and Acting Board Chairman of XXI Century Investments (Cyprus), the holding company of Kyiv-based XXI Century developing group, Oleg Salmin, is in talks on attracting private investors to realize trade real estate projects.
Westa (Dnipropetrovsk), a large Ukrainian producer of accumulator batteries, in December 2011 increased battery sales by 215 compared to December 2010, to 600,000 units, its holding company - Westa ISIC (Luxemburg) – said on the Web site of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) on Thursday.
The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank, Kyiv) and Portugal's Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) on January 17, 2012 signed a framework agreement aimed at promoting cooperation between Portugal and Ukraine in the commercial and financial spheres, the Ukrainian bank has reported.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that that the absence of political problems between Ukraine and Moldova will contribute to the deepening of bilateral cooperation.
Yevheniya Tymoshenko, the daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister, spoke on Wednesday at a hearing in the U.S. Senate entitled "Ukraine at a Crossroads: What's at Stake for the U.S. and Europe?", according to a statement posted Tymoshenko's Web site.
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon intends to meet with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a prison term in Kachanivska colony in Kharkiv, according to Tymoshenko's personal Web site.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has formed a working group which is to work on the implementation of recommendations set out in the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on January 26, which deal with Ukraine's compliance with its commitments to the Council of Europe.
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