http://en.redtram.com/ News on "News Agencies"  in "Europe" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:13:38 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 294612 | Head of state offers condolences on death of Gaidar http://en.redtram.com/go/236312548/top100/ 236312548 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko offered condolences to relatives and folks of Russian politician and economist Yegor Gaidar on his death, UKRINFORM reports with reference to the presidential press service. "An extraordinary person died, a politician and state Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:30:27 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312548/top100/ 294612 | Tymoshenko says retirement age will not be increased http://en.redtram.com/go/236312543/top100/ 236312543 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she is totally against the Regions Party's initiative to increase the retirement age, which was announced by MP Mykhailo Papiyev on Wednesday. She said that statements by a Regions Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:30:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312543/top100/ 294612 | Trading on interbank closes at 7.9665-7.9770 UAH/USD http://en.redtram.com/go/236312538/top100/ 236312538 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Trading on the interbank currency market completed at 7.9665-7.9770 UAH/USD. According to the InterBusinessConsulting Company, trading in the euro completed at 11.6030-11.6200 UAH/EUR, trading in the ruble - 0.2631-0.2633 UAH/RUR. Today, trading in the dollar on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:30:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312538/top100/ 294612 | Finance ministry, IMF to hold next round of talks on December 17 http://en.redtram.com/go/236312534/top100/ 236312534 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Acting Ukrainian Finance Minister Ihor Umansky and Deputy Finance Minister Anatoliy Miarkovsky have left for Washington in order to hold the next round of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on December 17, the Finance Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:29:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312534/top100/ 294612 | Ukraine, Poland could cancel fees for multiple long-term visas http://en.redtram.com/go/236312530/top100/ 236312530 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine and Poland are considering the issue of cancelling payments for multiple-entry long-term visas for Ukrainians and Poles. This issue was discussed at a meeting between the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Poland in Kyiv on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:29:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312530/top100/ 294612 | National bank toughens requirements to banks on currency purchase on interbank http://en.redtram.com/go/236312523/top100/ 236312523 KYIV, December 18 /UKRINFORM/. The National Bank toughened requirements to banks on currency purchase on the interbank. A relevant resolution was registered at the Justice Ministry. In particular, it is established that "the market entity has a right to purchase Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:29:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312523/top100/ 294612 | NBU prolongs moratorium on satisfying claims of creditors of Rodovid Bank http://en.redtram.com/go/236312520/top100/ 236312520 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has prolonged a moratorium on satisfying the claims of the creditors of Kyiv-based Rodovid Bank until March 15, 2010, the bank's temporary administrator, Serhiy Shcherbyna, has said. "The moratorium has Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:29:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312520/top100/ 294612 | National bank actions allowed avoiding worth scenario of situation development in banking system - presidential secretariat http://en.redtram.com/go/236312513/top100/ 236312513 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Actions of the National Bank under the crisis period allowed avoiding the worst scenario of the situation development in the banking system, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak believes. "Thanks to effective actions Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:29:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312513/top100/ 294612 | Bad weather stops work at Odesa region ports http://en.redtram.com/go/236312510/top100/ 236312510 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. The Odesa Commercial Seaport and the Illichivsk Commercial Seaport (Odesa region) stopped to receive ships due to complicated weather conditions. At the same time, the South port continues working. Enterprise's press secretary Iryna Chibirova informed that Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:29:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312510/top100/ 294612 | NBU sells USD 9.4 million at currency auction http://en.redtram.com/go/236312505/top100/ 236312505 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) conducted a special currency auction on Wednesday in order to satisfy the needs of banks' clients stipulated by the need for them to repay their debts on loans issued in Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:29:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312505/top100/ 294612 | Central Election Commission registers 13 Russian election observers http://en.redtram.com/go/236312499/top100/ 236312499 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. The Central Election Commission has registered 13 election observers for the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine. They represent the CIS Election Monitoring Organization (CIS-EMO). The election of the Ukrainian president is slated for January 17, 2010. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:29:05 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312499/top100/ 294612 | Ukraine has every chance of becoming EU member, says Severinsen http://en.redtram.com/go/236312493/top100/ 236312493 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Dutch politician Hanne Severinsen has said that Ukraine is a European country with great potential and therefore it has every chance of gaining membership of the European Union in the future. She said this at a Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312493/top100/ 294612 | MFA predicts no-visa regime with EU by UEFA EURO 2012 http://en.redtram.com/go/236312489/top100/ 236312489 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko forecasts that a no-visa regime with the European Union will be introduced by UEFA EURO 2012, he was speaking at joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski in Kyiv. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312489/top100/ 294612 | Five-star category of two hotels confirmed in Kharkiv http://en.redtram.com/go/236312484/top100/ 236312484 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Work on the certification of hotels is continuing in Kharkiv, one of the four Ukrainian cities that will host the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship. The five-star category of the Sun Light Hotel and the Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312484/top100/ 294612 | Yanukovych's TV rating percent makes 37% http://en.redtram.com/go/236312479/top100/ 236312479 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. A percent of the television rating of the opposition Party of Regions leader and presidential runner, Viktor Yanukovych, was 37% January 1 through December 13, 2009, reads a Media Business report on the activity of the Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312479/top100/ 294612 | Azovmash to supply equipment to US Steel Serbia http://en.redtram.com/go/236312475/top100/ 236312475 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Azovmash, based in Mariupol, Donetsk region, has signed a contract with Serbia's steel mill US Steel Serbia on the supply of equipment for a blast furnace by April 2010, according to the Ukrainian company's press service. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312475/top100/ 294612 | Parliament to listen to final report on Yushchenko's poisoning in a year http://en.redtram.com/go/236312467/top100/ 236312467 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has listened to a report by its temporary investigatory commission investigating the circumstances of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's poisoning, clarifying the causes and identifying individuals guilty of a delay in the Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312467/top100/ 294612 | Fish catch up 9.3% in 11 months http://en.redtram.com/go/236312462/top100/ 236312462 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Fishing enterprises caught 213,989 tons of fish and other water animals in January-November 2009, which is 4.7% up compared to the same period in 2008, the State Statistics Committee has reported. The fish catch grew by Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312462/top100/ 294612 | Vitali Klitschko preliminary agrees on David Haye bout http://en.redtram.com/go/236312459/top100/ 236312459 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. WBC superheavyweight world champion Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine said he has reached a preliminary deal to battle David Haye of Great Britain, has reported quoting LigaBusinessInform. "I have one more ambitious goal ahead: I'm going to Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:28:03 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312459/top100/ 294612 | Ukraine in 22nd place in FIFA ranking http://en.redtram.com/go/236312453/top100/ 236312453 KYIV, December 16 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's national football team is currently in 22nd place according to the FIFA world ranking released in December 2009. Compared to December 2008, the country lost seven positions in the ranking. Ukraine failed to win the Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:27:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236312453/top100/