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All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:50:46 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 136843 | Presidential campaign budget cut by UAH 17 million http://en.redtram.com/go/232926344/top100/ 232926344 The Central Election Commission of Ukraine decided to reduce spending on the 2009 presidential elections by UAH 17.26 million (1 USD - 7.98 UAH) due to smaller than predicted number of presidential candidates.This decision was passed at the CEC meeting Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:27:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232926344/top100/ 136843 | Ukraine urges investigation into shooting on Russian border http://en.redtram.com/go/232926317/top100/ 232926317 The Ukrainian foreign ministry has urged a prompt and full investigation into Thursday's incident on the Russian-Ukrainian border, in which a Ukrainian citizen was shot dead.Ukrainian border guards said on Thursday that a resident of the Kharkov Region attempted to Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:26:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232926317/top100/ 136843 | 40% in Ukraine see flu epidemic as political technology http://en.redtram.com/go/232926292/top100/ 232926292 40.3% of Ukrainians polled by the FOM-Ukraine say a public excitement surrounding a growing number of flu and ARI ill patients is a political technology aimed at distracting people's attention from more important problems, according to National radio.Meanwhile, 25.6% say Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:26:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232926292/top100/ 136843 | Cabinet to provide people with affordable housing http://en.redtram.com/go/232926271/top100/ 232926271 In order to provide access to construction or housing for people who need better living conditions but don't have or lost the right to public housing, the Cabinet of Ministers has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill "On providing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:26:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232926271/top100/ 136843 | New York pays tribute to Holodomor victims in Ukraine, Hollywood shoots a movie http://en.redtram.com/go/232926258/top100/ 232926258 A traditional annual requiem for the Ukrainian Holodomor Remembrance Day (Great Famine 1932-1933) has been celebrated at St Patrick's Cathedral of New York.Participating in the service for the Holodomor victims were Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Oleh Shamshur, Ukraine's Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:26:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232926258/top100/ 136843 | U.S. newly appointed ambassador arrives in Ukraine December 2 http://en.redtram.com/go/232590309/top100/ 232590309 The United States newly appointed Ambassador to Ukraine, John Tefft, will arrive in Kyiv on December 2, Ukrainian MFA spokesman Valeriy Dzhyhun has announced Wednesday, according to UKRINFORM. "We have already received confirmation that the U.S. ambassador arrives in Kyiv Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:34:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232590309/top100/ 136843 | Ukraine may get IMF tranche before yearend http://en.redtram.com/go/232590270/top100/ 232590270 Ukraine may receive the fourth tranche of the International Monetary Fund loan before the elections, in 2009, says Valeriy Lytvytskyi, head of the group of advisers to the central bank governor, National radio reported.He referred to the continuing dialogue between Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:34:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232590270/top100/ 136843 | Ukraine to pay $280 per 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas in 2010 http://en.redtram.com/go/232590220/top100/ 232590220 Ukraine will have to pay about $280 per 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas in 2010, a spokesman for Russia's energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday, according to RIA Novosti.Sergei Kupriyanov told the Moscow-based Echo Moskvy radio station that the Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:34:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232590220/top100/ 136843 | Russian language status not vital in Ukraine - poll http://en.redtram.com/go/232590150/top100/ 232590150 54.7 percent of Ukrainian population say the language question is not vital at the moment, according to the public opinion poll held by the Ukrainian Democratic Circle on the Politics Institute's order. 28.3% of the pollees say the issue may Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:34:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232590150/top100/ 136843 | Israel simplifies visa procedures for Ukrainian citizens http://en.redtram.com/go/232590055/top100/ 232590055 Ukrainian citizens going to the Holy Land with a group can obtain visas in 48 hours.The Israeli government announced on Wednesday about simplification of the visa procedures for the Ukrainians. According to Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, the last innovation Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:34:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232590055/top100/ 136843 | Ukraine's European course will not change - official http://en.redtram.com/go/231716726/top100/ 231716726 Ukraine's course towards European integration will remain unchanged under any political circumstances, irrespective of who is going to become the next president, Volodymyr Ohryzko, first deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, told an international conference on the Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:26:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231716726/top100/ 136843 | Ukraine must participate in European security system — Yanukovych http://en.redtram.com/go/231716666/top100/ 231716666 Ukraine must participate in efforts to build collective security for Europe, one of the country's presidential candidates and an opposition leader said, according to RIA Novosti. "Ukraine should take an active part in developing a European collective security system," pro-Russian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:26:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231716666/top100/ 136843 | Tymoshenko to deprive gas distribution licenses for debts http://en.redtram.com/go/231716603/top100/ 231716603 Private gas distribution companies may be deprive of licenses if they fail to settle their accounts with Naftogaz of Ukraine. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said opening a conference on the supply of natural gas to Ukraine, and payments for it. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:26:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231716603/top100/ 136843 | WHO to provide Ukraine with vaccine and recommendations http://en.redtram.com/go/231716554/top100/ 231716554 World Health Organization (WHO) to provide Ukraine with 5 million vaccine dozes for vaccination against pandemiv flu, as agreed during a meeting of President Viktor Yushchenko with the WHO experts that dealt with the situation of combating the flu epidemic Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:26:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231716554/top100/ 136843 | President's Secretariat predicts gas price of USD 300 per 1,000 cubic meters in 1Q10 http://en.redtram.com/go/231716483/top100/ 231716483 The President's Energy Security Commissioner Bohdan Sokolovskyi predicts that in the first quarter of 2010 the price of Russian natural gas for Ukraine will be about USD 300 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to UKRINFORM. This price, he said, is Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231716483/top100/ 136843 | Yushchenko pledges to force Russian navy out of Crimea http://en.redtram.com/go/231507310/top100/ 231507310 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko pledged on Monday in an election campaign statement to force Russia's Black Sea Fleet to leave Ukraine's Crimea by 2017, according to RIA Novosti."The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation must be pulled out of Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:34:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231507310/top100/ 136843 | Studying resumed in Ukraine http://en.redtram.com/go/231507290/top100/ 231507290 According to the Cabinet's decision, an academic process at schools, higher education establishments and kindergartens is resumed on Monday, November 23 in a major part of Ukraine's regions, First Deputy Premier, Chief of the State Antiepidemic Commission Oleksandr Turchynov said. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:34:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231507290/top100/ 136843 | Ukrainian President calling on government, central bank, IMF to establish cooperation http://en.redtram.com/go/231507266/top100/ 231507266 President Viktor Yushchenko has sent letters of intention to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) with proposals for removing obstacles arising from the failure of previous agreements with the Fund and continue Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:33:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231507266/top100/ 136843 | OSCE mission starts to monitor presidential election campaign in Ukraine http://en.redtram.com/go/231507249/top100/ 231507249 A mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has started to monitor the presidential election campaign in Ukraine. Over 50 observers will represent the OSCE in Ukraine.Another 600 short-term observers from the OSCE will arrive Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:33:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231507249/top100/ 136843 | Ukraine seeking part in Russia's Glonass project http://en.redtram.com/go/231036711/top100/ 231036711 Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has offered Russia her country's participation in the ambitious Glonass global positioning project, according to RIA Novosti.Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:57:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231036711/top100/