Thus, contracts for rental of Russian Black
Sea Fleet in Sevastopol until 2042.Although the treaty requires ratification by the
Verkhovna Rada, currently no one doubts that the pro-presidential majority will
approve it.
That agreement caused a storm of protest in all
the opposition parties.
Leader of the Front for Change "Yatsenyuk
believes that today's signing by President Viktor Yanukovich agreement to
continue your stay in Ukraine's Black Sea Fleet of Russia - an event that is
partially changed the history of Ukraine. The party "Our
Ukr
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Party of Regions leader Victor Yanukovych
believes that the regular presidential election must take place in the
year 2010, after New Year and Chirstmas holidays.
According to an UNIAN correspondent, Victor Yanukovych claimed this to a press conference in Donetsk on Thursday.
He
noted that after the Constitutional Court announced its ruling, the
Party of Regions has not decided as yet what date of the presidential
election it will support.
Victor Yanukovych pointed out that he
had discussed the issue with lawyers, who believe that the presidential
election must take place either on December 27, 2009, or on January 17,
2010.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the Constitutional Court of
Ukraine on Wednesday ruled as unconstitutional the October 25 date set
by parliament for the next presidential election in Ukraine. According
to an UNIAN correspondent, the Constitutional Court publicized its
ruling on Wednesday. The ruling was made on the ca
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(1) Macroeconomic conditions remain
difficult in Ukraine, as most sectors reported substantial declines in
economic activities in the first two months of 2009.
(2)
Though the government collected budget revenues above the planned
amounts, deeper fiscal data readings suggest that state finances are
under significant strain this year.
(3) Annual consumer
price inflation decelerated to 18.1% in March 2009. Despite a number of
upwards pressures on prices, inflation is likely to decline to about
15% yoy at the end of the year.
(4) The foreign exchange market was quite volatile in February, but the situation stabilized during March.
(5) Banking sector weaknesses are currently seen as the main vulnerability of the Ukrainian economy.
(6)
Ukraine’s external position deteriorated
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The Central Bank of Ukraine has established that the official hryvnia’s value may differ by no more than 2% from the average hryvnias value at the interbank market.
According to c.bank’s resolution (#264 dated April 30, 2009), posted at its official web site, the spread between the official hryvnia/dollar exchange rate and the interbank rate is restricted to no more than 2%.
According to the resolution, the restriction is a part of the financial policy memorandum, which was approved in line with Ukraine`s stand-by arrangement with the IMF.
The official exchange rate between the Ukraine’s hryvnia and the U.S. dollar will now be set based on the weighted-average buy and sell rate on the interbank currency exchange, plus or minus 2%. The c.bank previously set the official rate based on the interbank rate, but it had not established limit on the spread between them.
Ukraine`s Interior Ministry hit back Thursday at German police allegations that its minister had been prevented from boarding a plane because of drunken behaviour, saying he was innocent and entitled to his privacy, Reuters reported.
The opposition said Minister Yuri Lutsenko was an embarrassment and demanded his resignation.
A Frankfurt police spokesman said Wednesday Lutsenko had been kept off a flight to Seoul after becoming enraged at suggestions that he and his son were drunk. He said four officers, three men and a woman, were injured in the altercation.
The Interior Ministry said accounts of the confrontation at Frankfurt airport were mainly based on media reports and untrue.
"This totally innocent occurrence prompted by the late arrival of the Ukrainian delegation for the flight was blown out of proportion by invented details and groundless accusations about the `severe inebriation` of a minor...," it said.
Allegations of injuries to police, it
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The government has commissioned the Finance Ministry and local governments to suspend licenses for gambling business for a month, in order to carry out a thorough fire and sanitary inspection of gambling institutions.
According to an UNIAN correspondent, the respective decision was made at an extraordinary session of government on Thursday.
“The accident that happened in the gambling hall in Dnipropetrovsk, I’m afraid, the majority of country’s gambling halls are in the same condition, because they opened gambling halls everywhere”, Yulia Tymoshenko stressed speaking about the necessity to suspend the licenses.
“During this period, law-enforcement agencies and the State Fire Safety Department of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine should carry out a complex inspection of fire safety and labor protection in all gambling houses, and guarantee a constant monitoring of their working regime”, the Prime Minister emphasized.
Besides, the government commissioned the Fu
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Late last year, a tire repair factory in the Donetsk area of eastern Ukraine decided to bury smoking rubber waste in the ground not far from its building. The stench lingered in the air, drifting out over nearby villages. Upset inhabitants finally had enough, and, in December, arranged a mass protest near the tire factory`s gates. The press came and a scandal broke. In just a few days, the situation in Donetsk was known throughout the country.
Anyone, however, who had hoped that the case would draw attention to the wretched state of the environment in Ukraine and improve the situation has been brought back to earth since then. The factory received a fine, and the controversy quickly quieted down. Despite factories in Donetsk and elsewhere in Ukraine continuing to break laws on waste disposal and management, prosecutors and lawmakers have been slow to react.
(1) Macroeconomic conditions remain
difficult in Ukraine, as most sectors reported substantial declines in
economic activities in the first two months of 2009.
Late last year, a tire repair factory in the Donetsk area of eastern Ukraine decided to bury smoking rubber waste in the ground not far from its building. The stench lingered in the air, drifting out over nearby villages. Upset inhabitants finally had enough, and, in December, arranged a mass protest near the tire factory`s gates. The press came and a scandal broke. In just a few days, the situation in Donetsk was known throughout the country.