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2 hrs ago | The Oregonian

IMF tentatively approves $3.3B loan to Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - The International Monetary Fund drastically darkened its economic outlook for Ukraine on Friday as it gave tentative approval for a $3.3 billion installment of a rescue loan the country needs to avoid a total economic meltdown.

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10 hrs ago | ITAR-TASS

Ukraine questions Berezovsky on Yushchenko's poisoning

Ukrainian prosecutors suspect Russia's wanted and self-exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky to be involved in alleged poisoning of President Viktor Yushchenko and questioned him in London, the Segodnya daily reported on Thursday.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Register

Ukraine slaps ban on all porn

Opinion Porn is now illegal in the Ukraine, unless used for medicinal purposes. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko last week signed off on new legislation joining the Ukraine to an ever-lengthening list of countries that have decided to move the censorship goalposts over the last few years, from publication of porn on to simple possession of it.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

en.for-ua.com | New Yorker of the World

Cabinet to increase statutory fund of Naftohaz

The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to increase the statutory fund of the Naftohaz Ukrainy national joint-stock company from UAH 18.6 million to UAH 24.165 million, Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan told the press, Kyiv Post reported.

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National radio of Ukraine

Ukraine confirms its participation in programs on territory of Chornobyl NPP

The Head of State said he hails the decision of the EBRD to participate in these programs not only as its administrator but as its donor too.

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Reuters Video

VIDEO: Putin hangs out with biker gang

Jul 08 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gives Moscow's bikers a Russian flag as they set off on a journey to Sevastopol in the Crimea to celebrate Russian Navy Day.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Groong Armenian News Network

3 criminal cases instigated on incident in Marganets, Dnepropetrovsk

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:26:54 PDT 3 criminal cases were instigated on the incident in Marganets, Dnepropetrovsk 04.07.2009 15:15 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 3 criminal cases were instigated on the incident in Marganets, Dnepropetrovsk, Head of Ukraine MIA Central Administration in Dnepropetrovsk region, Anatoliy Naumenko said.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

www.unian.net | New Yorker of the World

Yushchenko calls on Lithuania to promote realization of project of Euro-Asian oil transport corridor

President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko calls on Lithuania to promote realization of the project of Euro-Asian oil transport corridor.

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www.day.kiev.ua | New Yorker of the World

Mazepa's many faces: constructive, tragic, tragicomic

Frankly, I was not exactly bursting with this subject. I had been watching for some time the aggrandizement of Ivan Mazepa in today's Ukraine and saying to myself: any country needs heroes.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

www.kyivpost.com | New Yorker of the World

IMF to attend Ukrainian government session on July 6, loan decision could be announced

IMF mission to attend extraordinary Ukrainian government session on July 6, loan decision could be announced Yesterday, 12:27 Staff and wire reports, Kyiv Post The Cabinet of Ministers will convene for an extraordinary session at 3pm on July 6 in the presence of delegations from an International Monetary Fund mission visiting Ukraine, Ukrainian ...

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www.rferl.org | New Yorker of the World

Nervous Neighbors

When Washington and Moscow get cozy, the saying goes, Russia's neighbors get nervous.

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Today.Az

Congress of Ukrainian Azerbaijanis head: Armenians responsible for unrest in Marganets

They behaved in a very provoking manner,' he said. 'Azerbaijanis are very peaceful people.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

english.cctv.com | New Yorker of the World

Ukrainian PM meets senior Chinese official on bilateral ties

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday met and discussed bilateral ties with Wang Gang, member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau, a Chinese official said Friday.

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groong.usc.edu | New Yorker of the World

Ukraine Orders Probe On 1944 Deportation Of Crimean Tatars

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:03:06 +0500 UKRAINE ORDERS PROBE ON 1944 DEPORTATION OF CRIMEAN TATARS WorldBulletin Friday, 03 July 2009 11:32 Ukraine's President ordered Ukrainian Intelligence Service and Prosecutor to probe mass deportation of Crimean Tatar Muslims in 1944.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Interfax

Ukraine's Nikopol Ferroalloys running at full capacity

Nikopol Ferroalloy Works , Ukraine's biggest ferroalloy producer, has been running at full capacity since July 1. All specialists who had been sent on forced leave are now back at work and salaries are being paid in full, the Dnipropetrovsk regional administration said in a press release.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

www.kyivpost.com | New Yorker of the World

Ukrainian identity shines through at ethnic festivals

Kyiv Post editor Katya Gorchinskaya writes: Growing crowds take on to traditional Ukrainian dress, but what actually is the core of modern Ukrainian identity? If there is one thing that struck me at the latest Krayina Mriy ethnic music festival, it's the crowd of people wearing traditional dress.

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www.nrcu.gov.ua | New Yorker of the World

UEFA Europa League replaces UEFA Cup

Matches of the first qualifying round of the inaugural UEFA Europa League will take place today in 23 cities of the continent.

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www.itar-tass.com | New Yorker of the World

Yushchenko asks Rada to consider issue of suspect deputy immunity

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has requested the Verkhovna Rada to urgently consider the issue of stripping deputy from the Bloc of Yulia Timoshenko Viktor Lozinsky, who is suspected of murdering citizen Valery Oliynik, of immunity.

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Carnal Nation

Ukraine Bans Porn Unless It's 'Medical'

Mosnews is reporting that all pornography has been outlawed in the Ukraine. President Viktor Yushchenko signed the law today over the objections of human rights activists and artists who had asked him to veto it.

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Forum News Portal

Ukraine GDP down by 20%

Gross domestic production in Ukraine, one of the world's most recession-battered economies, contracted by 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, according to official government figures released on June 30.

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