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Defense Minister Anatolii Hrytsenko is initiating dismissal of the Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Kuzmuk from the Armed Forces. Ukrainian News learned this from the press service of the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc press service. “I shall propose that the President Yuschenko fire Kuzmuk from the Armed Forces,” the press service quotes Hrytsenko as saying. In his opinion, being a general at the military forces Kuzmuk should not stand for depriving the President of his commander-in-chief powers, as such his actions cast doubt onto implementation of the head of state decisions. “I think it would be fair to submit a statement on leaving the Armed Forces and then act as a politician,” …
Cabinet of Ukraine adopted a resolution №1098 from September 5, 2007 that confirmed arrangement on development of telephone communications. The corresponding resolution signed by the PM Viktor Yanukovych is published on Government portal. The Government charged Transport and Communications Ministry as well as Finance Ministry to provide funds in amount of UAH 240 million in state budget-2008-2009 for further development of telecommunication services in particular in villages that foresees usage of modern radio technologies including native one. Financing of provision of cordless access to telecommunication nets will be carried out by means of budget and consumers of telecommunications services funds and finance resources of …
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has decided to suspend Transportation Minister Mykola Rudkovsky and Emergency Situations Minister Nestor Shufrych, President Victor Yushchenko told reporters on Tuesday, according to the President`s press-office. Yushchenko said both ministers were “personally responsible for serious failures.” “Rudkovsky has failed to take measures to boost railroad security. Shufrych has failed to responsibly react to numerous natural disasters which have occurred recently in many regions of Ukraine,” he said.
The European Commission for Foreign Relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, asked Ukraine to give up visa requirements for Romanians and Bulgarians, in order to help the adoption of the special visa regime between the European Union and Kiev, according to Mediafax, quoting the Ukrainian News Agency online.
The commissioner added however that the EU is not conditioning Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade Organisation on the elimination of visa …
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News on terrorist act in Beirut on 19 of September of 2007, which caused victims among civil population, in particularly member of Lebanese parliament Antoine Ghanem, was received in Ukraine with deep concern, according to the MFA press-service.
Ukraine is strongly condemning a practice of political killings and terrorist attacks in Lebanon and hopes that Lebanese people will not be provoked and will not allow deepening of internal political …
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A Ukrainian citizen was killed in an automobile accident on the Antalia-Belek road in Turkey in September 7.
The press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry announced this in a statement, a text of which Ukrainian News obtained.
According to the statement, the Ukrainian citizen worked as a guide for a tourist agency.
His body is scheduled to be sent to Ukraine in a coffin on September 10.
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