A local appeals court has restored a special status for the Russian language in an eastern city in Ukraine, officials said Wednesday. The city council in Kharkiv voted in March to make Russian a regional language, allowing it to be used together with Ukrainian in state and public institutions as well as at universities and cultural institutions. Local prosecutors filed a lawsuit against the decision and won the case in court. But the city council challenged the decision at the local appeals court...
The FY 2008 request of $351.6 million for FREEDOM Support Act (FSA) and Foreign Assistance Act funding reflects the vital U.S. national interest in helping the independent states of the former Soviet Union meet the transformational diplomacy goal by assisting them to advance along the path toward becoming stable, pluralistic, and prosperous countries that can assist the United States in combating transnational threats...
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said her bloc and the Our Ukraine party have signed an agreement to form a coalition. "I have come to you today after finalizing one extremely important thing. I have united the opposition...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko criticized the country's governing coalition Monday for failing to abide by a national unity pact that key political forces signed last August to end a long-running government crisis, the presidential office said. Yushchenko's criticisms followed Friday's enactment by parliament of a law substantially curtailing presidential powers...
The 2006/2007 marketing year was by no means easy for grain market players. Due to fears caused by the failure to meet winter wheat sowing targets and the loss of a part of the winter wheat crop, the government imposed licensing of wheat exports to ensure the country's food safety...
U.S. companies Boeing and Orbital Launch System Group are considering joining a project to develop Ukraine's first telecommunications satellite. The leadership of the Ukrainian National Space Agency met with senior officials of the U.S. firms during a recent visit of the Ukrainian agency's delegation to the United States to discuss the prospects for cooperation as part of the project, an agency spokesman told Interfax...
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto Branch, (UCC-Toronto) is pleased to endorse Bill C-394, also known as “Once In a Lifetime”, introduced by Peggy Nash, MP for Parkdale - High Park.
There are currently over 1.2 million Canadians of Ukrainian background living in Canada, with over 100,000 living in the City of Toronto, and many more residing in the surrounding Greater Toronto Area...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has asked parliament to appoint Volodymyr Ohryzko as foreign minister, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reported. Following the resignation of Borys Tarasyuk on January 30, the cabinet endorsed First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko as acting foreign minister...
The faction of Our Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine intends to resort to all adequate actions to hear information about the transfer of the Ukrainian gas-transport system to the Russian Federation,OU faction leader Vyacheslav Kyrylenko told journalists. “You know that there is information that the government prepares to change the form of management of the Ukrainian gas-transport system. And this information came from the President of RF Vladimir Putin,” Kyrylenko underlined and added: “In our opinion Yanukovych’s comments on this question were obscure and unclear.”
According to Putin, the Ukrainian government has not only suggested unifying the two countries' gas-pipeline networks, but it has also expressed interest in drilling for oil and gas in Russia. Putin said he approves of these initiatives and added that it was in the interests of both countries to seek closer cooperation. In the past, Ukrainian leaders, including Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, have said the Ukrainian gas pipeline would not be turned over to Russian control...
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COURT RESTORES RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SPECIAL STATUS IN UKRAINE CITY 
