Kyiv Post 2010.03.12 11:09
Alexandra Matoshko Many nations are unhappy with their health care system, but these disputes don't make me feel any better about the pitiful state of things in Ukraine.

Kyiv Post 2010.03.12 11:09
Taras Kuzio Leonid Kuchma (woops Nikolai Azarov) has returned to power in Ukraine. Five things are certain with the formation of an unconstitutional coalition and government.

Kyiv Post 2010.03.12 11:09
Interfax-Ukraine The government should cut wages of premier, vice premiers and ministers, the deputy head of the presidential administration, Anna Herman said on the Fifth TV Channel late on Thursday.

Kyiv Post 2010.03.12 11:09
Interfax-Ukraine Oleksandr Yefremov has become leader of the Party of Regions, according to MP Yaroslav Suhy. "Yesterday the faction unanimously supported Yefremov as the party's leader," he told the press on Friday. Earlier, Yefremov was deputy leader of the Party of Regions

Kyiv Post 2010.03.12 11:09
Today at 10:04 Mykola Azarov's appointment as prime minister of Ukraine today was a strange, dare I say, even Brezhnevite affair? Watch the video here - by their expressions it looks as if both he and Yanukovych were suffering from painful haemorrhoids.

ITAR-TASS 2010.03.12 11:07
MOSCOW, March 12 (Itar-Tass) - Standard and Poor's, an international rating agency, has raised the sovereign crediting rating of Ukraine on its liabilities in foreign currency from CCC+/C to B-/C, and on the liabilities in the national currency - from B-/C to B/B.

ITAR-TASS 2010.03.12 11:07
KIEV, March 12 (Itar-Tass) - Exercises of the Ukrainian Navy and the Russian Black Sea Fleet will be resumed after a seven-year interval. As the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on Friday, a conference on preparations of the joint command and staff computer exercise "Fairway of Peace-2010" scheduled for June 2010 was held in Sevastopol on March 11 with the participation of representatives of the command of the

Interfax-Ukraine 2010.03.12 11:06
Ukraine exported almost 16.6 million tonnes of grain from the start of the current marketing year (MY, July 2009-June 2010) as of March 2, 2010, according to a report of the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry, which has been also forwarded to Interfax-Ukraine. The ministry said that over the period the amount of grain exported to foreign markets was 1.5% more year-over-year.

Ukrinform 2010.03.12 10:58
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has raised its foreign-currency sovereign credit rating on Ukraine to 'B-/C' from 'CCC+/C.' At the same time, Standard & Poor's raised its local-currency sovereign credit rating on Ukraine to 'B/B' from 'B-/C.' The outlook is positive, the S&P's press service has reported.

Ukrinform 2010.03.12 10:58
The indicators of the PFTS First Stock Trading System as of March 11, 2010 were the following: PFTS index - 800.01 points (-); sales volume - UAH 85,580,383.05 (1 USD - 7.98 UAH).

Ukrinform 2010.03.12 10:58
Italy has extradited to Ukraine a resident of Ivano-Frankivsk region (western Ukraine), who was on the international wanted list on suspicion of coinage offence. He is suspected of committing a number of crimes involving production and distribution of counterfeit currency among a criminal gang, the press service of the interior administration in Ivano-Frankivsk region reported.

The Washington Post 2010.03.12 10:54
Friday, March 12, 2010 ISRAEL Biden wraps up disputatious visit Vice President Biden on Thursday ended a visit to Israel that is likely to be remembered more for his dust-up with Israeli leaders over construction in East Jerusalem than for the admiration for the country that he voiced repeatedly throughout his four-day goodwill tour.

Neftegaz.ru 2010.03.12 10:40
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has secured a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists has been named as the new prime minister. Parliament approved the nomination of ex-Finance Minister Mykola Azarov as prime minister shortly after the coalition agreement was announced.

Neftegaz.ru 2010.03.12 10:40
Deputy Chair of the Russian State Duma and President of the Russian Gas Society Valeriy Yazev said he is convinced that no matter who is in power in Ukraine, Russia should continue its work to diversify its gas delivery routes to Europe.

Ukrinform 2010.03.12 10:27
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had a phone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday, March 11, the presidential press service has reported.

Ukrinform 2010.03.12 10:27
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has permitted LLC Hertensteeg B.V. (the Netherlands) to take control of public joint stock company SotsCom Bank (Odesa, southern Ukraine), the press service of the antimonopoly committee reported.

Ukrinform 2010.03.12 10:27
The National Bank of Ukraine has set the official rates of bank metals per 10 troy ounces for March 12, 2010 at: gold - 88263.22 UAH (-); silver - 1349.49 UAH (-); platinum - 126648.95 UAH (-).

Sofia Echo 2010.03.12 10:15
Ukraine's former finance minister Mykola Azarov stands during the parliament session in Kyiv, March 11 2010. Ukraine's parliament formed a new coalition and proposed Azarov, a close ally of president Viktor Yanukovych, as prime minister. A new parliamentary coalition in Ukraine has approved a prime minister considered loyal to recently inaugurated President Viktor Yanukovych.

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 2010.03.12 10:13
(Press Service) Briefing of the People's Deputies of Ukraine I. Rybakov, I. Bohoslovska and Yu.Polunaev on the Occasion of the Deputies Group Formation "For the Competitive Ability and Reforms" (5 Hrushevskoho Str., press-point) Admission by accreditation cards

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 2010.03.12 10:13
(Press Secretary of the Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)