Ukraine actively supports one of recent initiatives of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on setting up a new Euroregion in the Black Sea basin, Regional Development and Construction Minister Vasyl Kuybida stated
Ukrainian enterprises of the mining-metallurgical complex upped cast iron and steel production by 4 percent, finished steel - by 6 percent, coke - by 10 percent, but they reduced tubing production by 10 percent and iron - by 13 percent
Ukraine's Agrarian Fund has started purchasing grain of new harvest at the agrarian exchange to form a state food reserve, according to a statement released by the fund
The European Commission will obtain a mandate for talks on Ukraine's accession to Europe's energy community no later than September 2008, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters
Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1997-2007, will participate in the 5th annual summit of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) international network as a special guest
An issue of the Ukrainian gas debt to JSC Gazprom for previous years is subject to settlement by all parties to the debt, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan told journalists
Ukraine has congratulated France on the start of its presidency in the European Union that will last until the end of 2008, according to a commentary by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
