Tymoshenko complains to EU official about hidden cameras in hospital
Kharkiv, May 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Vice President of the European Parliament Jacek Protasiewicz has discussed with Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is being treated in Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, the conditions of her stay in hospital, the proposals of European Parliament President Martin Schulz, as well as the relations between Ukraine and the EU and their future.
- 18:12, 19.05.2012

Head of Berlin's Charite clinic doubts success of Tymoshenko's treatment in Ukraine
Board head of Berlin's Charité clinic Karl Max Einhaupl has expressed doubt that Ukraine can create conditions necessary for the successful treatment Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
- 17:52, 19.05.2012

German MP takes patronage over Tymoshenko
The head of the working group on human rights of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CDU/CSU) faction in the Bundestag, Erika Steinbach, has said that she has taken patronage over the convicted former Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.
- 13:43, 19.05.2012

European Parliament vice president visited Tymoshenko
Vice President of the European Parliament Jacek Protasiewicz has left the territory of the Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, where the convicted former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, is currently undergoing treatment.
- 13:38, 19.05.2012

Komorowski to meet with Yanukovych during NATO summit in Chicago
President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski is going to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovych, to discuss with him matters of the European integration of Ukraine on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Chicago, the official web site of the Polish head of state reported on Friday.
- 12:16, 19.05.2012

Ukrainian prosecutor thanks German ambassador for Tymoshenko's treatment
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka thanked German Ambassador to Ukraine Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth at a meeting on Friday for the assistance provided by German doctors in the treatment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office reported.
- 11:48, 19.05.2012

EBRD projects Ukraine's GDP growth at 4% in 2013
The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013 will speed up to 4% from 2.5% in 2012, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reported in its updated Regional Economic Prospects bulletin.
- 20:48, 18.05.2012

Azarov supports Web cameras at polling stations, but says government lacks money
Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov supports the installation of Web cameras at polling stations during the parliamentary elections in 2012, but said the government lacked the money for this purpose.
- 20:19, 18.05.2012

Arbuzov: Inflation in Ukraine in 2012 may be limited to 5%
Inflation in Ukraine in 2012 may be limited to 5%, which is below the government's forecast of 7.9%, according to Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Serhiy Arbuzov.
- 19:15, 18.05.2012

Azarov: Ukraine will never have six-day working week
The new Labor Code of Ukraine will not introduce a six-day working week in Ukraine, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said.
- 18:29, 18.05.2012

Ukraine, Poland sign several economic cooperation deals
Ukraine and Poland have signed a number of agreements on economic cooperation.
- 17:12, 18.05.2012

Bohatyriova: Ukraine close to medical insurance model
Deputy Premier and Health Minister of Ukraine Raisa Bohatyriova has stated that today the main task for the Health Ministry is to work out new standards for rendering medical aid.
- 16:51, 18.05.2012

Onishchenko: Four Ukrainian plants allowed resuming cheese exports to Russia
Moscow - The Russian sanitation authorities are lifting the embargo on cheese deliveries by two more Ukrainian manufactures - Pyriatyn cheese plant and Dubnomoloko, Russian Chief Sanitation Doctor Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax on Friday, May 18.
- 16:40, 18.05.2012

Tigipko: Pensions of military retirees to increase gradually by 36% from July 1
For the first time since 2008, the government will increase the pensions of military retirees, Vice Premier and Social Policy Minister of Ukraine Sergiy Tigipko has said.
- 15:52, 18.05.2012

Ukrainian parliament votes for bill to restrict beer advertising
The Ukrainian parliament has passed at first reading a draft law on the introduction of restrictions on beer and beer-based beverage adverting, reads a posting on the official Web site of the government.
- 13:53, 18.05.2012

Yanukovych claims pressure on business in Ukraine fell by 5.5% during his presidency
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that under his presidency the pressure on business in Ukraine has fallen by 5.5%.
- 13:30, 18.05.2012

Tymoshenko's daughter asking US to keep up pressure on Ukrainian authorities
WASHINGTON – Yevheniya Tymoshenko, the daughter of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has asked U.S. congressmen to continue to put pursue on the Ukrainian authorities in order to release her mother from jail.
- 12:37, 18.05.2012

Tigipko: Payments to Soviet era depositors to be held until 2016
Payment of compensations to Soviet era depositors will be held until 2016, the Vice Prime Minister - Social Policy Minister Sergiy Tigipko has said.
- 11:52, 18.05.2012

Gryshchenko: Brussels should decide where it wants to see Ukraine
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko has said that the European Union should decide which place in the international relations it gives to Kyiv.
- 11:29, 18.05.2012

Prosecutors see no ground for overturning Lutsenko verdict
Dmytro Loban prosecuting in the case against former Ukrainian interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko has said he sees no reason to grant the defense appeal against the verdict issued by the Pechersky district court.
- 10:47, 18.05.2012

Ukrainian hardball irks, puzzles at trade body
GENEVA - Laos, a small nation dependent on aid and rice farming, wants to join the World Trade Organization. WTO powers including the United States, China and the European Union want it to.
- 10:34, 18.05.2012

Lytvyn: Ukraine to study pros and cons of joining Customs Union
ST. PETERSBURG – Ukraine will study the possible pros and cons of joining the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn told reporters in St. Petersburg on May 17.
- 10:11, 18.05.2012

Yanukovych forms Constitutional Assembly chaired by Kravchuk
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree on the Constitutional Assembly.
- 09:26, 18.05.2012

Europe official says Tymoshenko needs more privacy
European officials who met this week with imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on May 17 that authorities are impinging on her privacy.
- 07:48, 18.05.2012

Ukraine’s Image Anything But Tourist-Friendly
EURO 2012 provides chance to Ukraine to shed bad stereotypes.
- 00:25, 18.05.2012

Blogging diplomats seek wider audience
Ambassadors are split over value of blogging directly to public.
- 00:14, 18.05.2012

Sources: New EU head to revive dialogue with Ukraine
Poland’s Jan Tombinski will this summer replace Portugal’s Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira as head of the European Union delegation in Ukraine, EU officials revealed on May 16.
- 00:09, 18.05.2012

Race against time
The ongoing reconstruction of Andriyivsky Uzviz (Andrew‘s Descent), one of the city’s most popular tourist destinations, is supposed to be finished on May 25 – Kyiv Day, ahead of the Euro 2012 football championship in June.
- 00:05, 18.05.2012

Poroshenko: No threat of hryvnia devaluation
Trade and Economic Development Minister of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said there is no threat of a hryvnia devaluation against the U.S. dollar.
- 20:13, 17.05.2012

Pre-term elections in some regions to be held on same day as parliamentary elections
Pre-term elections of the heads of a number of local governments in Ukraine will be held on October 28, 2012.
- 18:33, 17.05.2012