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Ukraine Daily News Monitor

3-7 March, 2008

• Poland backs Ukraine, Georgia in NATO, EU bid (Xinhua)
• NATO to snub Ukraine and Georgia: Russian envoy (Russia Today)
• Ukraine and Georgia: what are their chances with NATO? (RIA Novosti)
• Experts: Ukraine Scores High on Economy, Low on Governance (VOA News)
• NATO hopes of Macedonia, Georgia and Ukraine suffer setback (AFP)
• Anti-NATO opposition harming Ukraine, says Polish Speaker (news.pl)
• Ukraine Approves GUAM Charter (Trend News)
• Tymoshenko, Burjanadze, discussed strategic partnership between Ukraine and Georgia
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• NATO Chief: no decision on Ukraine, Georgia?s MAP (The Financial)
• US cautious about Ukraine, Georgia NATO aspirations (AFP)
• NATO divided on Ukraine, Georgia entry bids (Reuters)
• Polish FM confirms strategic nature of relations with Ukraine (Xinhua)
• Israel admits Ukraine?s ownership of Bruno Schultz frescos, promising to return them only in 20 years (ZIK)
• Ukraine president is expected in Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan Today)
• Western Ukraine: voter turnout triples in Russian presidential election ZIK, 3 March 3008
• Ukraine to help Belarus with construction of nuclear power plant (Byelorussian News)
• Corrected - Gazprom to cut exports to Ukraine from March 3 (Interfax)
• Gazprom to cut Ukraine gas supplies by 25 percent (AFP)
• Gazprom will cut Ukraine supplies (Press TV)
• Ukraine PM confident Russia won't cut gas (AFP)
• Russia Cuts Gas Exports to Ukraine as Debt Talks Fail (Bloomberg)
• Ukraine Says Russia Supplies Gas As Usual (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Russia halves gas supply to Ukraine (The Financial Times)
• Gazprom set to cut gas supplies to Ukraine by another quarter (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine Says It Could Cut Europe's Gas (AP)
• UPDATE 2-Gazprom says to halve gas supply to Ukraine (Reuters)
• Russia cuts gas supplies to Ukraine (The Press Association)
• Gazprom announces further gas reductions to Ukraine - Update (The Earth Times)
• UPDATE 5-Russia halves Ukraine's gas, Europe flow threatened (Reuters)
• Gazprom cuts supplies to Ukraine by 30% (Ukrainian Journal)
• Gazprom to cut gas deliveries to Ukraine by another quarter (Itar-Tass)
• Gazprom says it ends Ukraine supply cuts (Mercury News)
• Gazprom and Kiev end gas standoff (The Financial Times)
• Russia, Ukraine remain locked in gas dispute (The Economic Times)
• Ukraine leader tells PM to resume Russia gas talks (Reuters)
• Ukraine Says It Could Cut Europe's Gas (AP)
• Russia halves Ukraine's gas (Reuters)
• Gazprom 'failure' in Ukraine gas row: Russian newspapers (AFP)
• Russia agrees to restore gas supplies to Ukraine (ABC News)
• Ukraine: Yushchenko Seeks Energy Imports In Kazakhstan (RFE/RL)
• Ukraine PM rejects gas supply deal with Russia (AFP)
• Ukrainian president criticizes PM over Russian gas row (Xinhua)
• VR refused to consider draft laws on canceling deputy?s immunity (UNIAN)
• Likely outcome of Project Yushchenko-2 (The Day)
• Ukraine Ready to Supply Tajik Power Plant With Four Turbines (Red Orbit)
• Ukraine can become the European leader on the area under rape sowings (The Financial)
• Report: Next EMS wave to splash over Ukraine, Romania (EE Times Europe)
• Ukraine deal sees Bruno Schulz exhibit at Yad Vashem (Haaretz)
• On national self-identification (The Day)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 3-7 March, 2008

18-22 February, 2008

• EU, Ukraine in free-trade talks (Bloomberg)
• Ukraine Digs Into EU Trade Talks (The Moscow Times)
• Ukraine, EU launch free trade talks (Daily Times)
• France proposes EU-Ukraine 'association' pact (EuroObserver)
• Ukraine joins Nordic-Baltic 'friendship circle' for first time (EarthTimes)
• Ukraine parliament session blocked, speaker to meet opposition MPs (Itar-Tass)
• WTO Victory Could Backfire for Ukraine (The Moscow Times)
• Putin scolds Ukraine on NATO, praises natural gas Deal (Kyiv Post)
• US Senators Call On US Administration To Support Georgia and Ukraine (Prime-News)
• European Union Initiates Free-Trade Talks With Ukraine (TheTrumpet.com)
• Ukraine opposition faction demands referendum on NATO membership )Itar-Tass)
• Georgia, Ukraine not in running for NATO (UPI)
• Lithuania Welcomes Ukraine?s Request That NATO Consider Possibility Of Inviting It To Join NATO Membership Action Plan At April Summit (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Stefan NIESIELOWSK on Ukraine?s NATO membership: interview (The Day_
• Euro-2012 ? Holding onto the dream (Kyiv Post)
• Demand for mobile services rises as market saturates (Kyiv Post)
• Moody's upgrades Raiffeisen Bank Aval's BFSR in Ukraine (Financial Mirror)
• Regal Petroleum Provides Ukraine Update (Oil Voice)
• Regal cheers progress in Ukraine (SHARECAST)
• Gazprom and Neftegaz Ukraine to form working groups (SteelGuru)
• Timoshenko Seeks Review of Gas Agreement With Russia (Bloomberg)
• Ukraine: a key recipient of Turkmen gas (Reuters)
• Tymoshenko was not ready for solving gas issues with Russia ? Yushchenko (UNIAN)
• Ukraine says Odessa refinery to start output by Apr (Reuters)
• Russia proposes to Ukraine joint development of oil, gas fields (bbj.hu)
• Russia, Ukraine Able to Sort Out All Problems (Kommersant)
• Russia and Ukraine to put gas disputes in past (Russia Today)
• Naftohaz Ukrainy urges govt to raise prices for utility, industrial gas (Kyiv Weekly)
• Doubts about gas deal between Ukraine and Russia (Euronews)
• Ukraine efforts to bypass Russia met by EU hunt for gas alternative (Kyiv Post)
• Visit of Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko to Moscow (Eurasian Home/Turkish Weekly)
• Gazprom hits Ukraine with new demands (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine and Gazprom yet to reach agreement (Russia Today)
• Russia, Ukraine may partner on uranium (UPI)
• Gazprom, Ukraine PM fail to reach agreement, talks to continue (The Financial)
• Ukraine Cabinet against Naftogaz-Gazprom gas JV (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine government presses on with energy sell-off (Reuters)
• Ukraine opposes JV with Gazprom (Press TV)
• Yushchenko slams govt for ?sabotaging Russia gas agreements? (Kyiv Weekly)
• Children in Russia are frightened by me ? Tymoshenko (UNIAN)
• Crimean speaker sees no threat to Ukraine in Kosovo independence (Ukraine Observer)
• Ukraine has not defined yet its position concerning status of Kosovo (UNIAN)
• Yushchenko: Ukraine hasn?t determined its position on Kosovo (ForUm)
• Ukraine Still Undecided Over Kosovo (Balkan Insight)
• The OUN and UPA: another attempt to attain recognition (The Day )
• Society afflicted by politics (The Day)
• Ukraine on language lockdown (Variety)
• French priest helps break silence about Holocaust in Ukraine (Chicago Tribune)
• Ukraine Native to Assist in Synagogue's Facelift Following Rebirth of His Community (FJC)
• Jewish children's home opens in E. Ukraine (JTA)
• Hundreds of minibus drivers clog streets of Ukrainian capital in protest over safety rules (AP).

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 18-22 February, 2008

11-16 February, 2008

• RPT-New gas row on eve of Ukraine leader's Moscow trip (Reuters)
• Gazprom, Ukraine executives meet as gas cuts loom (Guardian/Reuters)
• Ukraine says it will pay its debt to Gazprom, if middlemen are cut out (IHT)
• Russia, Ukraine resolve gas dispute (AFP)
• Ukraine's leader to meet Putin in Moscow amid threat of gas cut (RIA Novosti)
• No breakthrough expected at Tue talks with Neftegaz Ukraine (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine leader to fly to Moscow amid bitter gas row (Reuters)
• Russia, Ukraine negotiate as threatened gas cutoff looms (The Canadian Press)
• Last-minute gas deal averts Ukraine shutoff (The Star)
• Naftogaz Ukraine recognizes its gas debt (Regnum)
• EU welcomes resolution of Russian-Ukraine gas row (AFP)
• New Firm at Crux of Ukraine Gas Deal (The Moscow Times)
• Ukraine will pay for Russian gas on time (Rian)
• Ukraine May Start Oil Extraction in Egypt in 2008 (Red Orbit)
• New intermediaries for Ukraine (Polit.ru)
• Govt analyzes Russia?s proposal to set up JV (UNIAN)
• Tortuous and tangled is the Russian gas route to the EU (Taipei Times)
• Ukraine Seeks $7 Billion for 67.7% of UkrTelecom (Bloomberg)
• Bank of Georgia?s presence in Ukraine (The Financial)
• Jabil plans to establish tech park in Ukraine (Evertiq)
• Ukraine Seeks $7Bln From Telecom Selloff (Reuters)
• Ukraine Seeks $7 Billion for 67.7% of UkrTelecom (Bloomberg)
• Telenor Net Rises on Ukraine; to Cut Costs in Norway (Bloomberg)
• SigmaBleyzer prepares its biggest Ukraine investment fund (Kyiv Post)
• Polish franchiser bring fast food to Ukraine (Kyiv Post)
• AVIAREPS appointed GSA for SAS in Ukraine (Boarding.no)
• Ukraine Shows Robust Surplus in Services (Millennium Capital)
• Ukraine's fast-track to NATO too quick for many in nation (The Edmonton Journal)
• Putin may point missiles at Ukraine's head (Sunday Media News)
• Putin issues nuclear threat to Ukraine over plan to host US shield (Guardian)
• Rice Condemns Russian Threats Toward Ukraine as `Unacceptable' (Bloomberg)
• Azerbaijan Appealed to Ukraine to Take Part in Investigation into Causes of MIG-29 Crash (Trend News)
• Putin: Russia could aim nuclear missiles at Ukraine if it joins NATO (AP)
• Russia in Ukraine missile warning (MWC News)
• Russia in Ukraine missile threat (The Tehran Times/BBC News)
• U.S. pushing to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO (IHT)
• Russia more actively cooperates with NATO than Ukraine (The Financial)
• Ukraine Opposition for NATO Referendum (Prensa Latina)
• Iran-Ukraine eager to boost economic ties (Tehran Times)
• Ukraine must confront racism says Council of Europe (Focus)
• Officials: Muslim cemetery vandalized on Ukraine's Black Sea Crimea peninsula (AP)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 11-16 February, 2008

4-8 February, 2008

• At NATO, No Time For Cold Feet (Washington Post)
• Ukraine parliament work blocked until NATO vote decision - ex-PM (RIA Novosti)
• Estonian president lobbies for NATO membership for Georgia, Ukraine (Xinhua)
• Block Ukraine State-Of-Union (AP)
• Ukrainian defense minister reaffirms ambition to join NATO despite domestic tensions (AP)
• Tymoshenko government off to a promising, ambitious start (Kiv Post)
• Ukraine not neighbor but part of Europe ? Ohryzko (UNIAN)
• Risks still remain as Ukraine returns to European normalcy (Kyiv Post)
• A futures market (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine Wins WTO Entry Bid, Anticipates Growth Pickup (Bloomberg)
• Ukraine may beat Russia to WTO: minister (The Age)
• Ukraine's entrance to WTO will positively influence the development of fruit & vegetable business of the country (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• Ukraine Joins the W.T.O. (The New York Times)
• Back to the WTO Grind (Moscow News)
• Ukraine: minimal indicative price for sunseeds export in February increased to 860 $/t (The Financial)
• Intesa to buy Ukraine?s Pravex Bank (The Financial Times)
• Sitronics Enters into Contract With MTS-Ukraine For a Total Value of over US$ 12 Million (Trading Markets)
• Ukraine PM, president row over privatisation head (Reuters)
• TYMOSHENKO REACHES OUT TO FOREIGN INVESTORS (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Oligarchs queue to donate to first ladies? charity projects (Kyiv Weekly)
• Ten convicts in Ukraine jail declare hunger strike ? TV (Interfax)
• Russian Receives Asylum in Ukraine (Kommersant)
• Russia, like Ukraine, will never scrap lists of persona non grata politicians( ZIK)
• Russia: Opposition Journalist Granted Asylum In Ukraine (RFE/RL)
• Ukraine Project to Make Jewish Burials Accessible (FJC)
• Rector of major Ukraine college says 'no such thing as anti-Semitism' (Haaretz)
• EU gas supplies at risk if Ukraine does not settle bill with Russia By Luke Harding in Moscow (The Guardian)
• Ukraine leader urges caution on gas deals (Reuters)
• Ukraine Needs No Ukrgaz Energo (Kommersant)
• RosUkrEnergo says it remains sole supplier of gas to Ukraine (RIA Novosti)
• Timoshenko: Since November 2007 gas has been supplied to Ukraine by Naftogaz only (Regnum)
• Ukraine gas firm denies debts, guarantees transit (Reuters)
• Gazprom May Cut Ukraine Gas Before Yushchenko Visit (Bloomberg)
• Gazprom threatens to halt gas supplies to Ukraine (Reuters)
• DON'T TOUCH THAT GAS (Eurasian Home)
• In Gazprom's Grip (The Wall Street Journal)
• GUAM Foreign Ministers Meet in Munich (Trend News)
• Special status for Euro-2012-hosting cities (The Day)
• Preparations for Euro-2012 finals in Ukraine need due coordination (NRCU)
• Uefa warns Poland and Ukraine (Scotsman)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 4-8 February, 2008

30 January, 2008

• Who Lost Ukraine? It's not too soon to start asking (The Daily Standard)
• Ukraine, NATO agree to boost cooperation - Yulia Timoshenko (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine NSC chief to arrive in Russia Tuesday (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine PM, keen on EU, cautious about NATO ties (EUbusiness)
• Successful Start to Ukraine's New Government (The Moscow Times)
• Tymoshenko Enlists EU Help on Gas (Bloomberg /MT/AP/The Moscow Times)
• Tymoshenko Sees New Transparency (The Moscow Times)
• Talks on creation of free tra (NRCU)
• Ukraine, Poland, pledge to resolve border situation (UNIAN)
• Ukraine?s Entry to NATO not to Pose Threat Its Sovereignty: expert ( Trend News)
• Ukraine?s WTO membership not to become instrument of pressure on Russia (The Financial)
• Russia: Gazprom-Ukraine Gas Dispute (New York Times)
• Ukraine's PM to visit Russia for gas talks on Feb. 21-22 (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine leader says her nation a reliable partner for EU (AP)
• Ukraine to restart sale of Odessa chemical plant (Reuters/Guardian)
• Barack Obama Statement on Ukraine's Commitment to Join NATO (All American Patriots)
• Ukraine: yes to sales, no to purchase of agricultural lands (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• Ukraine, Poland, to broaden collaboration in energy sphere (UNIAN)
• U.N. Holocaust discussion in Ukraine (JTA)
• Soccer-Poland and Ukraine pledge to get Euro plans back on track (Reuters)
• Ukraine PM welcomes Mogilevich arrest (Reuters)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 30 January, 2008

28 January, 2008

• WTO accepts Ukraine, bolstering Yushchenko's case at Davos (Kyiv Post)
• Final decision on Ukraine's entrance to WTO to be made on February 5th (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• Good WTO News for Yushchenko (The Moscow Times)
• EU to speed up talks on Russia's WTO bid (Reuters)
• Ukraine resumes debt talks with gas trader (Reuters)
• Ukrainian Gas Talks Called Off (BLOOMBERG/The Moscow Times)
• UPDATE 1-Russia-Ukraine gas row looms as debt talks stalled (Reuters)
• Ukraines?s debt talks with RosUkrEnergo fails ? extended (bbj.hu)
• World Bank ups Ukraine '08 CPI forecast to 13.8 pct (Reuters)
• Ukrainians protest NATO membership bid (UPI)
• Ukrainians dream of EU future (BBC News)
• Ukraine promises to push ahead with NATO plans (Euronews.net)
• Russian parliament annuls deal with Ukraine on Soviet-built radars (The Canadian Press)
• Ukrainian Radar 'No' Ukrainian Parts 'Yes' (AP/The Moscow Times)
• EU's Barroso says Ukraine free trade agreement talks could start soon (Thomson Financial)
• Ukraine : Working Party adopts Ukraine's ?accession package? (Fibre2fashion.com)
• EU urges stablity in Ukraine for closer ties (Reuters)
• Ukraine's PM Wants Direct Gas Purchases (AP/Forbes)
• Ukraine opposition expects president to call referendum on NATO (Itar-Tas)
• Russia reiterates concern over Ukraine's desire to join NATO (RIA Novosti)
• UN urges Ukraine to join key Holocaust education and remembrance body (AP)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 28 January, 2008

14, 15 January, 2008

• Ukraine, Slovakia to strengthen border, energy co-op (Xinhua)
• Ukraine asks to join NATO membership action plan (Xinhua)
• Turkey speaks up for visa-free regime with Ukraine (NRCU)
• Gasparovic Visits Ukraine to Meet Yushchenko (SK Today)
• Ukraine, EU may conclude new partnership talks in 1st half of 2008 (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine anxious about troubles it faces after Poland?s joining Schengen (UNIAN)
• Verkhovna Rada ratifies Ukraine-EU readmission agreement (Itar-Tass)
• Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko likely to visit Russia soon (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine, EU To Hold Sixth Stage Of Talks On New Agreement In Kyiv In Late January (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Leonid Kuchma: I am concerned by the uncertain prospects for the country's development (RIA Novosti)
• Pensioners fight for savings (Africa.com)
• Ukrainians queue for lost savings (BBC News)
• Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk meets with PACE rapporteurs (NRCU)
• Poland's Agora launches Internet blog service in Ukraine (AFX News/Forbes)
• New voestalpine steel plant in Bulgaria, Romania or Ukraine (Wiener Zeitung)
• Ukraine court to review energy deal (Reuters)
• Ukraine macroeconomic situation-November 2007 (UNIAN)
• Ukraine's Bogolyubov mops up Australian mine buy (Reuters)
• Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will allocate UAH 200 mln. for agricultural insurance (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• Airspan Announces 5 GHz WiMAX Deployments in Ukraine (CNNMoney)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 14, 15 January, 2008

11 January, 2008

• The road map to success is still an outline drawing (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Anti-crisis Managers of Yulia Tymoshenko (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Yushchenko wants interior troops transformed into national guard (Kyiv Weekly)
• Law enforcement agencies should work out common strategy ? Yushchenko (UNIAN)
• Yuschenko Wants Rada To Ratify GUAM Statutes (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Ohryzko Wants Text Of New Ukraine-EU Agreement Be Ready Before September (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Issue On Georgia?s And Ukraine?s Joining NATO Still Opened (Prime-News)
• A bit faded but still bright enough (The Economist)
• New Ukraine anti-corruption Premier targets Euro 2012 preparations (Ethtimes.org)
• Ukraine means to adjust agreement on gearing up to Euro 2012 with Poland (NRCU)
• Ukraine wants talks on Russian naval base withdrawal ? FM (RIA Novosti)
• Culture of Human Beings in Ukraine and South Caucasus to be Discussed in Strasburg (Trend)
• A HAND FULL OF GAS (Eurasian Home)
• Ukraine gas firm warns on European supply (Reuters)
• Ukraine popular among investors (Safestore.co.uk)
• Ukraine property growing in popularity (Choices)
• Ukraine begins repaying Soviet Sberbank debts (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine begins compensation payments for savings lost during Soviet breakup (AP)
• Scuffles as Ukrainians queue for Soviet-era bank payouts (RIA Novosti)
• Same old holiday, same new hopes (Zerkalo Nedeli)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 11 January, 2008

10 January, 2008

• President outlines strategic tasks for government and parliament for 2008 (UNIAN)
• Yulia tackles tough issues early (Kyiv Post)
• Tymoshenko`s coming to power is positive sign - U.S. Ambassador (The Financial)
• Tymoshenko Appointment Won't Alter Russia-Ukraine Interdependencies (World Politics Review)
• Strategy and tactics of Euro-Atlantic integration (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine's energy challenges - net assessment (ForUm)
• Head of Parliament: "Pridnestrovie must engage constructively with Moldova and Ukraine" (Tiraspol Times)
• Russia objects to the decision of Ukraine on broadcasting foreign films after dubbing (APA)
• Military contract service becomes prestigious in western Ukraine (Itar-Tass)
• PM officially unveils depositor bailout (Ukrainian Journal)
• YUSHCHENKO PICKS CHIEF SECURITY ADVISER FROM OPPOSITION CAMP (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• World Bank Approves $50 Mil Finance Project (Ukrainian Observer)
• NBU boosts key rate by 200 basis points (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukrainian Foreign Currency, Gold Reserves Fell 1% in December (Bloomberg)
• PM officially unveils depositor bailout (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine's inflation rate jumps to 16.6%, highest since 2000 (Tehran Times)
• Ukraine nearly in WTO, export duty hurdle remains (Reuters)
• EBRD invested nearly $1 bln in Ukraine in ?07 (Kyiv Post)
• Inflation in Ukraine made up 16.6% in December (UNIAN)
• Arcelor Mittal Steel lifts output 7% on year in Ukraine in 2007 (MarketWatch)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 10 January, 2008

7 January, 2008

• Ukraine's state-run energy firm near bankruptcy: prime minister (AFP)
• Ukraine's Naftogaz faces bankruptcy, Eurobond concern (Reuters)
• Ukraine vows to maintain normal gas supply for customers (Interfax)
• Ukraine's Naftogaz on the brink of bancrupty - prime minister (AFX/Forbes)
• Ukraine throws $2.4 bln lifeline to Naftogaz (Reuters)
• Ukraine president hails new government's first budget (AFP)
• Tymoshenko orders financial probe into Ukraine's gas monopoly (The Financial)
• Russian faces extradition from Ukraine - rights group (Interfax)
• Security Service of Ukraine prepares operation to combat smuggling activity (NRCU)
• Ukraine premier says state gas firm bankrupt - "no threat to Europe" (The Cheers)
• ADL Urges Ukraine to Investigate Anti-Semitic Death Threats (Anti-Defamation League)
• More Anti-Minority Violence Reported in Ukraine (Union of Councils for Jews in the FCU)
• Yatsenyuk doesn?t pretend to presidential chair (ForUm)
• Ukrainian-Russian relations more pragmatic in 2008 (New Europe)
• Tymoshenko: Ukrainian inflation hit seven-year record (Earthtimes.org)
• Poland Not Increasing EUR 35 Fee For Schengen Visa For Ukrainians in 2008 (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Kownacki: Political football won?t distract Orlen or Unipetrol (Czech Business Weekly)
• Trade between Belarus, Ukraine 19.5% up in January-November 2007 (National Legal Internet Portal)
• Ukraine billionaire wins control of Consolidated (Reuters)
• Ukraine Irks Russia With Push to Mark Stalin Famine as Genocide (Bloomberg)
• KIEV (Ukraine): modernity and greed can upset an outpost of the Empire (Tenerife News)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 7 January, 2008

27 December, 2007

• New draft budget boosts social spending (Ukrainian Journal)
• Tymoshenko not opposed to Bohatyryova?s appointment (UNIAN)
• Yushchenko expects Ukraine to join NATO membership action plan in April (Interfax)
• Government approved Draft State Budget for 2008 (UNIAN)
• Yushchenko Explains Why He Appointed Bohatyryova (Ukrayinska Prawda/UNIAN)
• Deja Vu By Marina Pustelnik (Moscow News)
• Moldovan president meets Ukraine's special representative for Transnistrian conflict settlement (MOLDPRES)
• Ukraine, Israel broaden cooperation (UNIAN)
• Ukraine Battles Aging Population By Paying Parents For Each Baby (AHN)
• Ukraine to continue course European and Euro-Atlantic integration (NRCU)
• Ukraine president orders speedy closure of Chernobyl reactor (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine parliament holds minute silence at Bhutto killing (Earthtimes.org)
• MFA delegation visits the Ukraine (Izrael MFA)
• Yulia rated ?07 person of the year (Kyiv Post)
• Yushchenko Asks Tymoshenko to Work Better Than Yanukovych (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Yushchenko is called to support UE sanctions against Lukashenka?s regime (Charter 97)
• New Ukrainian Govt reverses decree on forming Ukratomprom (Interfax)
• Ukraine an increasingly important export market (The Messenger)
• Will Russia help Ukraine with vegetables? (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• Airfares, airlines and the competition of flight on the Ukrainian market (Kyiv Post)
• Ukrainians choose their ?greats? (Kyiv Post)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 27 December, 2007

26 December, 2007

• Ukraine's president arrives in Tbilisi (The Georgian Times)
• Yushchenko met Mikheil Saakashvili (The Financial)
• Ukraine Supports Democracy in Georgia ? Yushchenko (Civil Georgia)
• Ukraine: A Country of Defeats? (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• European Commission intends to provide financial assistance to Ukraine for implementation of power industry projects (NRCU)
• Party of Regions members cannot be part of executive branch ? Yanukovych (Interfax)
• Destiny of man in independent Ukraine (The Day)
• Life between elections (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Tymoshenko to be perfect Prime Minister ? U.S. State Secretary Rice (UNIAN)
• GUAM an Alternative to Monopolies: Georgian Ambassador to UK (Trend News)
• Rada distributed committees (list) (ForUm)
• Yanukovych: Bohatyriova?s Political Career Will Come To An End If She Accepts Post Of NSDC Secretary (Ukrainian News Agency)
• SECOND TAKE (The Financial Times)
• Cabinet Cancels Transfer Of Mizhhiria Tract Complex In Kyiv Region To Environmental Ministry (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Turkey, Russia, Ukraine - Georgia?s Largest Trade Partners (The Financial)
• Oleh Dubyna appointed as head of Ukraine`s Naftohaz (UNIAN)
• Oleh Dubyna to Head Naftogaz (Ukrainian Observer)
• Russia interested to make scheme of gas agreements with Ukraine more transparent, Yulia Tymoshemko states (NRCU)
• UPDATE 1-Ukraine ups gas price ceiling for industry 30 pct (Reuters)
• UKREXIMBANK DEBUTS NEW YORK OFFICE; FIRST UKRAINE BANK TO OPEN IN U.S. (PR-USA.net)
• ?Centers of free opinion and civic activity? (The Day)
• Land, Cossacks, and Stunts (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Colombia recognized Holodomor as act of genocide against Ukrainian nation (The Financial)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 26 December, 2007

24 December, 2007

• Ukraine's Second Chance (The Wall Street Journal)
• Yanukovych heads shadow cabinet (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Who Is Who in Tymoshenko?s Government? (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Yanukovych Threatens With Mass Protest Actions (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Yekhanurov, Turchynov Decide To Establish Hot Line At Defense Ministry For Soldiers And Their Parents (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Ukraine president appoints rival's ally to key post (Reuters)
• Ukrainian president appoints national security council secretary (Xinhua)
• Yushchenko, Timoshenko discuss coop between branches of power (Itar-Tass)
• Yulia Tymoshenko takes Ukraine in her iron hands (Pravda.Ru)
• Ukraine opposition ready to cooperate or confront (Itar-Tass)
• New Ukrainian government must be given time for starting ? Russia?s deputy foreign minister (Regnum)
• So what does the European Court of Human Rights mean for Ukraine? (Maidan.org.ua)
• Ukraine in "the Slavic Triangle" (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• In Europe's east, a long frontier opens wide as EU sheds border checks (Kyiv Post/AP)
• WTO can consider Ukraine?s application in January (ForUm)
• Watchdog: Europe failing on hate crimes (JTA)
• Ukraine says foreign films must be dubbed in Ukrainian (AFP)
• Ukraine power company blasts court on restructuring (Reuters)
• Stores of "ATB" chain are working in 60 cities of Ukraine already (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• Ukraine charges German PvT Capital with decontamination in Chernobyl region (PR-Inside.com)
• Ukraine president family members to be recognized as Righteous? (EJP)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 24 December, 2007

21 December, 2007

• Ukraine's PM promises 'stable' ties with Russia (AFP/TheTehran Times)
• Return of the orange princess (The Economist)
• Ukraine?s New Prime Minister Gains Second Chance to Testify Her Readiness to Economically Develop Ukraine: German Expert (Trend News)
• Tymoshenko vows to cleanse Ukraine of corruption (Reuters)
• Ukraine: Tymoshenko vows new anti-corruption drive (Budapest Business Journal)
• Putin`s letter to Yushchenko not to influence relations between Ukraine and Russia (UNIAN)
• U.S. split Ukraine into "pro-Western" and "pro-Russian" ? Putin (RIA Novosti)
• A decade of challenges for Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova (Kyiv Post)
• 76 volunteers of Peace Corpse to stay in Ukraine for two years to teach English in schools (NRCU)
• For Schengen Outsiders, A New Isolation (RFE/RL)
• FM Ohryzko Reaffirms Ukraine's Aspirations for NATO Membership (VOA News)
• FM: Ukraine hoping for prompt entry into NATO membership plan (Xinhua)
• It is early for Ukraine to enter NATO - foreign minister (ForUm/Trend News)
• Less Than 25 pct of crucial investor information disclosed by Ukraine cos - S&P (AFX/Forbes)
• Netto heads for the Ukraine (Talking Retail)
• UPDATE 1-Bank Hapoalim to buy Ukrainian bank for $136 mln (Reuters)
• UKRAINE - Israeli largest bank Hapoalim acquires 76 percent of Ukrinbank (Israel-Times)
• Customer sophistication ends easy times for e-businesses (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine's Steel Output Expected to Increase by 7.8% y/y in 2008 (Millennium Capital)
• Cabinet Intends to Dismiss Management of Naftogaz Ukraine (Millennium Capital)
• Ukraine: Ministry of Agrarian Policy insists on the renewing of grain export (Agrimarket Consulting)
• Helping Children With Special Needs in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (Chabad.org)

The full version of the Ukraine Daily News Monitor 21 December, 2007

19 December, 2007

• New Prime Minister for Ukraine (The New York Times)
• Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution' still Timoshenko's cause (Euronews)
• The face of Ukraine's revolution back as PM (Euronews)
• Ukraine parliament approves Tymoshenko as PM (Swissinfo/Reuters)
• Yulia Tymoshenko is Approved as Ukraine's Prime Minister (Deutsche Welle)
• Tymoshenko elected as Ukraine's PM (CNN)
• Ukraine's parliament approves Tymoshenko as PM (Sinhua)
• TIMELINE: Ukraine's politics since Orange Revolution (Reuters)
• Yushchenko thanks Yanukovich government (Itar-Tass)
• Gas Princess Tymoshenko Elected Ukraine's PM (Sofia News Agency)
• Tymoshenko Approved As Ukraine PM (AHN)
• Ukrainian Parliament as an Established Anti-Utopia (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Tymoshenko secures key post in Ukraine (Independent Online)
• Ukraine looks west as Tymoshenko wins shaky grip on power (Scotsman)
• A new Orange alliance in Ukraine (The Financial Times)
• Tymoshenko Gets Second Shot At Premiership (RFE/RL)
• Ukrainian parliament elects Tymoshenko as prime minister (RIA Novosti)
• Tymoshenko returns as Ukraine prime minister (Guardian Unlimited)
• Ukraine's Orange leader Tymoshenko wins PM post (AFP)
• Timoshenko: Sometimes She Returns (Kommersant)
• Dangerous Diagnosis, or Why is the Machine of Government on its Way Out? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Merkel says Germany to back Ukraine after Tymoshenko win (Roundup) (Monsters and Critics.com)
• Ukraine parliament places reform government in power (Monsters and Critics.com)
• Frequent change of government in Ukraine is disgraceful ? Yanukovych (UNIAN)
• Yuliya Tymoshenko once again accused Government of Viktor Yanukovych of scaled corruption (NRCU)
• First special border crossing permits for nationals of Ukraine and Hungary living in 50-km zone of border issued (NRCU)
• Ukraine's new PM seeks Russia meeting on gas (REUTERS/Guardian Unlimited)
• Ukraine to hold talks on gas with Russia (RosBusinessConsulting)
• Ukraine PM seeks Russia gas talks (PRESS TV)
• Ukreximbank Debuts New York Office; First Ukraine Bank to Open in U.S. (BUSINESS WIRE)
• Price realities and prospects (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Ukraine's Largest Mobile Operator - Kyivstar - Deploys Amdocs OSS to Enhance Customer Experience and Lower Costs (CNNMoney)
• Between Russia, Ukraine ? Tymoshenko (Interfax/Black Enterprise)
• Putin notes plight of institutions of Russian culture in Ukraine (Itar-Tass)
• 75 Years Later, Survivor Helps Commemorate Ukrainian Famine (The New York Times)
• Ukrainian: between local identity and European citizenship (The Day)

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18 December, 2007

• Ukraine to hold hand vote to restore Tymoshenko as PM (Xinhua)
• Tymoshenko past hampers PM bid (Reuters/Turkish Daily News)
• Timoshenko readying for 2nd time to head Ukraine government (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine's 'groundhog day': electing new PM (Russia Today)
• Tymoshenko seeks backing again as Ukrainian PM (Reuters)
• Ukrainians tune out of political bickering (The Financial Times)
• Tymoshenko Nomination Appears Back on Track (Ukrainian Observer)
• Yushchenko insists on new version of Constitution (ForUm)
• Raise Your Hands, Ladies and Gentlemen! (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Yuschenko: Appointment Of Yekhanurov As Defense Minister Will Speed Up Army Reform (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Russianphone Ukrainians don't support division of Ukraine (NRCU)
• 2007 viewed fruitful in cooperation between Ukraine and NATO (NRCU)
• NATO-Ukraine foreign ministers meet (UNIAN)
• Ukraine welcomes the EU Reform Treaty signature (UNIAN)
• Immigrants' odyssey ends at east European frontier (AFP)
• RUSSIA, UKRAINE TRADE HARSH WORDS OVER HISTORICAL MEMORY (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Former SBU officer agrees to transfer records on Ukraine Popular front leader?s death (Axis News)
• Russian retailer Vester opens first outlets in Ukraine (???)
• Investment opportunities in Ukraine (Financnik)
• Gas transit via Ukraine 12.8 pct down so far 2007 (Reuters)
• Nestl? Starts Plant Construction in Volynsk District, Ukraine (Property Xpress)
• For Big Returns, Stock Investors Beat Path to Exotic 'Frontiers' (The Wall Street Journal)
• Gazprom warns of tensions with Ukraine if new govt tries to amend price accords (AFX/Forbes)
• GMO-phobia or GMO-bacchanalia? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Same war, different memories (The Spokesman-Review)
• Remaining Jews in Russia, Ukraine 'proud to be Jewish' (Ha'aretz)
• Three sad stories (Zerkalo Nedeli)

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14 December, 2007

• ANALYSIS-Tymoshenko's past haunts bid for Ukraine PM post (Reuters)
• Parliament to vote Friday on Tymoshenko (Ukrainian Journal)
• 'Gas princess' strives to become Ukraine's PM (Russia Today)
• Party of Regions MPs blocking Rada presidium (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine: Rada may sack PM, FM without pres suggestion (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine?s Timoshenko taken under reinforced protection due to possible attempt threat (Axis News)
• Security Service of Ukraine accuses acting minister of misappropriation (Axis News)
• SBU to create interdepartmental staff on struggle against contraband on Ukraine?s borders (Axis News)
• SBU, PGO brief Yuschenko on investigation into electronic voting panels of some MPs (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Kyrylenko is sure that PR will not block podium (ForUm)
• Plushch Granted ?Deferment? Until Tymoshenko?s Election (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Party of Regions Waits for Martynyuk?s Self-Withdrawal and Wants the ?Package? (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Rada Decides To Consider Prime Minister?s Appointment On December 18 (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Rada Decides To Appoint Premier Via Open Rollcall Vote (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Fuel And Energy Ministry Accuses Tymoshenko Bloc Of Speculating On Financial State Of Naftohaz Ukrainy (Ukrainian News Agency)
• TYMOSHENKO VOTE SHOWS COALITION?S LIMITATIONS (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• The Ukrainian Elites Continue to Believe That They Are Above the Law (Taras Kuzio?s Blog)
• Global giants have missed the boat in Eastern Europe (Times Online)
• Marbleton, Alfa Bank and Griffin Investment Partners to invest ?100m into high street properties in (???)
• Kazakhstan: exporters renewed the grain deliveries to Ukrainian ports (AgriMarket)
• Independence for US $15 (Kyiv Weekly)
• Strabag SE, Basic Element and DCH create new holding in Kiev (Construction and Maintenance News)
• Study: Ukraine halves carbon emissions, but still big polluter (Kyiv Post)
• Russia's CIT Finance buys bank in Ukraine (Reuters)
• IMF tells Ukraine to fight inflation, deficit (Reuters/Guardian Unlimited)
• FJC Brings Chanukah to Rural Communities of Western Ukraine (FJC of the CIS)

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13 December, 2007

• Tymoshenko in fresh Ukraine PM bid (Aljazeera)
• Lutsenko told when vote for PM would take place (ForUm)
• Ukraine parliament meets, but no debate on PM By (Reuters)
• Parliament Deadlocked On Vote For Premier (Reuters/The Moscow Times)
• Counterpoint to the counterfactual: another view of Yushchenko?s legacy (Kyiv Post)
• Yushchenko re-nominates Tymoshenko as PM (Ukrainian Journal)
• Threats mar Ukraine?s PM vote (Russia Today)
• Ukraine?s parliament resumes work (Itar-Tass)
• Graft study: 30 percent of Ukrainians pay bribes (Kyiv Post)
• Israel?s TTI Buys Ukrainian Software House (Trading Markets)
• Ukraine?s Journalists Fight to Save Image After Bribe Claims (Deutsche Welle)
• Election Update: A Candidate for the Black Hat (Ukrainian Observer)
• Shadow comfort (Kyiv Weekly)
• Profession: sapper (Kyiv Weekly)
• Almost Tymoshenko (Kyiv Weekly)
• Shaimiyev asks Yushchenko to help resolve Ukrtatneft conflict (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine disputed refinery hopes for foreign supplies (Reuters)
• UPDATE 1-Russia?s Evraz to pay $2 bln for Ukraine assets (Reuters)
• Study: Inflation eats up wage hikes (Kyiv Post)
• Life-quality index ranks Ukraine low (Kyiv Post)

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12 December, 2007

• Ukraine president presses for Tymoshenko as PM (Reuters)
• Ukrainian Loses Her Bid for Premier (AP)
• Ukraine's Tymoshenko to continue fight for PM post (Reuters)
• Tymoshenko Loses by One Vote (The Moscow Times)
• Tymoshenko falls short in vote for PM (The Financial Times)
• It's orange, but is it bright? (Guardian Unlimited)
• Ukrainian president resubmits Tymoshenko's candidacy for PM (RIA Novosti)
• Tymoshenko falls 1 vote short of majority needed to become Ukraine's prime minister (AP)
• Ukraine reformers fail to elect Tymoshenko premier - Summary (Earthtimes.org)
• Partisan Disarrangement Political Leaders Lack Time and Will to Build Modern Parties (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Voting cards of lawmakers failed to operate during voting for Tymoshenko as PM (UNIAN)
• Yulia Tymoshenko Gets Computer Failure (Kommersant)
• Tymoshenko PM bid stymied by Rada computer (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukrainian Security Service Reveals No Interference with Voting System (Trend News)
• Labor Party leader meets with deputy foreign minister of Ukraine (The Georgian Times)
• Playing the Game of Ukrainian Politics (Kommersant)
• Party Of Regions For Top-Priority Formation Of Committees And Election Of Vice Speakers (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Inter-group Union To Develop GUAM to be Established in Ukrainian Parliament (Trend News)
• Euro-Chaos-2 (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Extensive Coverage Of Euro 2012 Football Championship Arranged By Polish Media (AHN)
• Special report: Responsible business in Ukraine ? From orange revolution to black economy (Ethical Corporation)
• Ukraine refinery dispute stops supply to others (Reuters)
• Russia's Evraz signs deal to buy production assets in Ukraine (RIA Novosti)
• Evraz Buys Out Key Assets of Ukrainian Privat for $3bn (Kommersant)
• Evraz buys steel assets in Ukraine (The Financial Times)
• UPDATE 2-Russia's Evraz buys Ukraine steel, iron plants (Reuters)
• OSS co TTI buys Ukraine software house (Globes)
• Evraz buys iron processing, coking assets in Ukraine for cash and shares (Forbes/ AFX News Limited)
• Ukraine's president marks Chanuka (JTA)
• Chernobyl: Lost world (The Independent)

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11 December, 2007

• Ukraine assembly to vote on Tymoshenko return as PM (Reuters)
• Tymoshenko rejected as Ukraine PM (Aljazeera)
• INSTANT VIEW: Ukraine's Tymoshenko fails to get backing as PM (Reuters)
• FACTBOX: Key facts on Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko (Reuters)
• Ukraine MPs block Tymoshenko bid (BBC News)
• Tymoshenko fails to get backing for PM by one vote (RIA Novosti)
• Tymoshenko Misses Ukraine PM Post By One Vote (AHN)
• Tymoshenko misses Ukraine premiership in narrow, contested vote (Kyiv Post)
• Verkhovna Rada did not support Tymoshenko for post of Prime Minister (Update) (UNIAN)
• 'Gas Princess' lacks just one vote to become Ukraine's PM (Russia Today)
• Will the coalition survive? (The Day)
• Coalition made three conclusions (ForUm)
• Europe's infra-red final frontier (AFP)
• Atmosphere of Mutual Distrust (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• China, Ukraine vow to further develop ties between armed forces (Xinhua)
• Europe?s Emerging Markets: Hot Spots, or Not? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Ukraine-Russia Agree Higher Gas Transit Fees (Ukrainian Observer)
• Prices hitting demand (The Day)
• Will 'Gas Princess' Timoshenko make deputies eat ballots? (Russia Today)
• Baku says Azerbaijan has enough oil for Odessa?Brodi?Plotsk pipeline (Messenger)
• Kyiv-Moscow-Transit (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• In 2008 Ukraine to start talks with Russia on direct natural gas supplies to Ukraine (NRCU)
• Ukraine prosecutor starts tax case against refinery (Reuters)
• Ending an Empire Over a Few Drinks (The Moscow Times)

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10 December, 2007

• NATO FMs support Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic aspirationsaa (Xinhua)
• NATO-Ukraine Commission to meet in Bucharest next Lear (IRNA-Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine Stopped a Step Away From WTO (Kommersant)
• Ukraine stabilises gas supplies to Europe after pipeline blast (Itar-Tass)
• EU says no impact from Ukraine gas pipe blast (Reuters)
• Ukraine, Poland agree to reverse flow of key oil pipeline (AP)
• Ukraine, Poland to launch ?Odessa-Brody? in 2008 (UNIAN)
• President Lech Kaczynski visits Ukraine (Polish Radio)
• Ukraine is and always has been true to strategic nature of bilateral relations with Poland, President Viktor Yushchenko states (NRCU)
• Gazprom says Ukraine pledges smooth gas transit (Reuters)
• Ukraine agrees to raise 2008 gas transit volume (Reuters)
• Ukraine assembly sets Tuesday vote on PM (Reuters)
• Yatseniuk: Tymoshenko to be OKed as PM (Ukrainian Journal)
• Vital Political Bills Get Priority In Ukraine Parliament Over Tymoshenko's Nomination As Prime Minister (AHN)
• Ukraine parliament to vote on Tymoshenko as PM (The FINANCIAL)
• Ukraine's president nominates Yulia Tymoshenko to be prime minister (Kyiv Post)
• Tymoshenko merges Yushchenko?s party? (ForUm)
• Serbia arrests Russian tycoon on Ukraine warrant (Earthtimes.org)
• Struggle surrounds Ukraine extradition request (JPost)
• Strabag, BasEl, DCH form Strabag Ukraine (New Euope)
• Your Money Matters: Ukraine's emerging market (JPost)
• Bank NRB Ukraine upgraded to 'Ba2' from 'B2' - Moody's (AFX News Limited)
• Ukraine, UN Reach Agreement On Cooperation In Protection Of Human Rights (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Time to go down to the cellar (Signandsight.com)

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6 December, 2007

• Gas price will shock some sectors: Ukraine leader (Reuters)
• Yulia slams gas supply agreement (Kyiv Post)
• Russia and Ukraine sign gas deal (UPI)
• Gazprom signed contracts on gas delivery with Ukraine (AK&M)
• Ukraine president backs liberal Tymoshenko as PM (Reuters)
• Tymoshenko nominated Ukraine PM (BBC News)
• Ukraine President Nominates Ally for PM (AP)
• Presidential ally to head Rada (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine without Viktor Yushchenko: a counterfactual history, or ?What if?? (Kyiv Post)
• Yushchenko ally to lead Ukraine parliament (The Financial Times)
• NEW YUSHCHENKO-TYMOSHENKO COALITION PASSES FIRST TESTS (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Ukranian President Nominates Popular Female Politician For Prime Minister (AHN)
• Ukraine president approves Tymoshenko as PM candidate (RIA Novosti)
• President adds PM nomination conditions (Ukrainian Journal)
• New gas price will be a challenge for Ukraine?s economy-Yushchenko (Itar-Tass)
• EU, Ukraine start talks on Common Aviation Area agreement (Forbes/AFX News Limited)
• Ukraine cbank to look at gas in '08 currency policy (Reuters)
• Ukraine c.bank reserves hit new record high (Reuters)
• Ukraine?s software development market growing in maturity (Kyiv Post)
• Russian retailer Vester to Invest USD 41 Million in Ukraine (???)
• Sitronics settled the contract with Ukraine (AK&?)
• After Russia dropped CFE Treaty, Ukraine should urgently enter NATO (The FINANCIAL)
• Telenor says obtains Kyivstar financial results (Reuters)
• Speculation over news site mounts (Kyiv Post)
• Is Chornobyl Not That Dreadful (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Presidents Viktor Yushchenko and Lech Kaczynski signed joint Declaration "Modern Challenges - New Dimensions of Strategic Partnership" (NRCU)
• Ukrainian-Russian Relations Undergoing Slow Process: Ukrainian Political Expert (Trend News)
• Ukrainian President Yushchenko Says Government Has Inadequately Addressed HIV/AIDS (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report)
• Tymoshenko Wants to Scrap Gas Deal (BLOOMBERG)
• Yanukovych, Zubkov discuss Ukrainian-Russian cooperation (The FINANCIAL)
• Cultural Majdan By Dmytro Ivanov (Kyiv Weekly)
• Dreaming About Your Future Husband (Whats on)

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5 December, 2007

• Ukraine recognizes Russian elections (ForUm)
• Ukraine's former top diplomat elected parliament speaker (Earthtimes.org)
• Ukraine minister gets "orange" OK for speaker job (Reuters)
• Ukrainian Coalition Nominates Tymoshenko for Prime Minister (VOA News)
• NU-NS Member Asserts That Failure of Vote on Speaker May Break the Coalition (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Coalition officially nominated Yatsenyuk to speaker?s post (ForUm)
• Party of Regions not to support candidacy of Yatseniuk for post of Speaker (UNIAN)
• Opposition Forgets That Lytvyn Was Elected by a Package Vote (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Orange coalition nominates Tymoshenko for PM (UNIAN)
• Ukraine elects parliamentary speaker (RIA Novosti)
• Yushchenko ally to lead Ukraine parliament (The Financial Times)
• Russia, Ukraine reach new gas deal at 38% higher price (Xinhua)
• UPDATE 3-Ukraine agrees to pay 38 pct more for Russian gas (Reuters)
• Gazprom to raise prices in Ukraine - and Russia (AP/Bloomberg)
• Ukraine Gas Price Nears Crisis Level (Kommersant)
• Gazprom seals natural gas pact with Ukraine (The Financial Times)
• Gas price at the border of Russia and Ukraine will make $179.5. (AK&?)
• Three Ukraine border police injured after brawl with Roma (Earthtimes.org)
• ERRC Welcomes CESCR Concluding Observations on Ukraine (ROMEA/ERRC)
• New special-task unit to be created in State Protection Directorate of Ukraine (Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review)
• Ukraine boosts metal exports to Russia (RBC)
• Russian operators sacrifice Turkey for Ukraine (CNews)
• Praktiker to Build 25 Outlets in Ukraine, Handelsblatt Reports (Bloomberg)
• SITRONICS and MTS Ukraine Sign Three New Contracts (WELT ONLINE)
• Altimo honors U.S. court ruling on Ukraine cell phone operator (RIA Novosti)
• SIAST Prepares to Recruit from the Ukraine (Saskatoonhomepage.ca)
• GUAM Tenth Anniversary Marked in New York (Trend News)
• Regional security and the tyranny of deadlines (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Those who are happy when being deceived (Zerkalo Nedeli)

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4 December, 2007

• NATO expecting to develop relations with Ukraine (ForUm)
• FACTBOX-Russia's progress on 2008 gas price talks (Reuters)
• Ukraine and Poland amended treaty on traveling procedure (ForUm)
• Why Yulia Will Win, or Proletarians of East and West, Unite! (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• ECO Business-Immobilien AG to enter Ukrainian market (???)
• Yushchenko Is Offered to Think About Rewarding ?Eurasian? Vandals (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• The Spice of the Coalition ? Speaker Viktor Yanukovych (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Relations of Ukraine and Russia to get worse next year (UNIAN)
• OU-PSD faction agreed to propose Yatseniuk for Verkhovna Rada Speaker (UNIAN)
• Belarus, Ukraine to discuss bilateral cooperation in frontier issues (National Legal Internet Portal)
• Ukraine and Russia hold regular round of talks into delimitation of Sea of Azov and Black Sea (NRCU)
• Russia's Altimo seeks peace with Telenor (Reuters)
• Hanging out to dry behind the EU frontier (BBC News)
• NATO foresees "not too gloomy" prospects for CFE treaty (Xinhua)
• Outside View: Russia hikes gas to Ukraine (Earthtimes.org)
• WAFER-THIN ORANGE COALITION FORMED: TYMOSHENKO IN THE DRIVING SEAT (Business Ukraine)
• BUILDING A NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD (Business Ukraine)
• Ukraine Starts Talks With European Union On Joint Aviation Space (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Shut stricken mine pending probe-Ukraine president (Reuters)
• Tymoshenko defends plan to pay bank debt (Ukrainian Journal)
• Mayors Ready to Revolt (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• The Victory?s Shadow (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Agora in talks to purchase Ukrainian web portal ?report (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Alfa Group's Altimo says it complying with August US ruling on Kyivstar UPDATE (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Ukraine cbank unlikely to make sharp FX changes soon (Reuters)
• Sex slaves, human trafficking... in America? (MSNBC)
• Ukraine coach concerned about Kiev stadium for Euro 2012 (Reuters)

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3 December, 2007

• Pro-Western Coalition Formed in Ukraine By YANA SEDOVA (AP)
• PRAISE AND CONDEMNATION OF STALIN: RUSSIA AND UKRAINE GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Ukraine AIDS epidemic "most severe" in Europe: UN (AFP)
• Ukraine needs top class foreign intelligence ? President Yushchenko (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine: Another Natural Gas Crisis Brewing (Stratfor)
• Ukraine will have to pay more for Russian gas (RIA Novosti)
• XXI Century received construction permit for Virlytsia mixed-use development (???)
• Kiev and Moscow fail to agree on gas prices beyond 2008 (RBC)
• Blowback From Moscow (Yahoo! News)
• Armed Forces General HQ Head Kyrychenko Estimates Transition To Contract Army Conscription Starting 2010 (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Hrytsenko Arranges Housing Commission Under Defense Ministry (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Baloha Accused of Behind-the-Scene Talks (Kommersant-Ukraine/Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Yatsenyuk Receives One Voice Pro (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• BYuT Objects to President?s Interests Upon Parliament (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• BYUT member Mykola Tomenko confident of strength of democratic coalition (NRCU)
• EBRD provides loan to Ukrainian port of Illichivsk (Infrasite)
• Outside View: Moscow relief at higher cost (UPI)
• Crimes of Soviet secret services in Western Ukraine revealed (Eurasian Security Services Daily Review)
• UN: Ukraine Has Most Severe AIDS Epidemic in Europe (Ukrainian Observer)
• Genocide Nearly Forgotten by History (American Thinker)
• All sewn up: Business owners use skills from home countries to find success in the U.S. (Joplin Globe)

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30 November, 2007

• Ukraine's pro-West alliance has a working majority (Euronews)
• Yushchenko?s allies hammer out coalition (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine's iron lady returns amid gas talks (EUobserver)
• Majority coalition in parliament created in Ukraine (CCTV.com)
• Tymoshenko closer to taking premiership (The Financial Times)
• Timoshenko May Be Prime Minister Soon (Kommersant)
• EU Council of Ministers OKs Ukraine-EU visa simplification deal (Kyiv Weekly)
• Gazprom says Ukraine gas price to rise next year (Reuters)
• Ukraine Political Parties Formally Sign Coalition Deal (VOA News)
• Ukraine, Russia sign protocol on demarcation of Azov, Black Seas (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine waits for invitation to WTO in January (ForUm)
• Nazarbayev signed a decree on execution a Year of Ukraine in Kazakhstan by 2008 (Kazakhstan Today)
• Pliushch wants to correct Kuchma?s mistake (UNIAN)
• Dwellers of Sevastopil to speak Ukrainian (ForUm)
• More Money, Better Housing and End to Conscription for Army (Ukrainian Observer)
• Yatsenyuk took part at the OSCE 15th Ministerial Council (UNIAN)
• Second Ukrainian ship supports Operation Active Endeavour (Blackanthem Military News)
• Ukraine Promotes Its Candidature for Chairmanship in OSCE in 2013 (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Export Duties Issue Slows WTO Entry (Ukrainian Observer)
• Once-Promising Hungarian-Ukrainian Business Venture Fails to Ignite (Pestiside)
• Some ukrainian banks just disdain appropriate credit procedures? (WebWire)
• XXI Century Invest. - Construction Permit Received (Reuters)
• XXI Century Investments gets construction permit for Virlytsia site in Ukraine (CNNMoney)
• Gas divides Russia & Ukraine again (Russia Today)
• Ukraine will have to pay more for Russian gas in 2008 (Itar-Tass)
• Uranium Could Have Made Dirty Bomb (AP)
• Alleged Nazi death camp guard appeals latest deportation order from the US (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Chornobyl Tour (Kyiv Post)

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28 November, 2007

• Sitting of political council of National Union "Our Ukraine" held in Kyiv today (NRCU)
• EU Slows Ukraine's Entry Into WTO (AP)
• Ukraine delayed (The Star/AP)
• EU border moves to the Ukraine (Trend News Agency)
• Yanukovych hopes parliament will begin work very soon (Interfax)
• Yushchenko promises aid to formation of democratic coalition (Itar-Tass)
• Timoshenko bloc to trigger new scandal in Ukrainian parliament (Itar-Tass)
• Ukrainian Jewish activists meet (JTA)
• Yushchenko partisans balking at coalition (Ukrainian Journal)
• Yatsenyuk called to create common European area (ForUm)
• Yanukovych: Rada May Elect Speaker Without Forming Coalition (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Constitutional Court To Consider On Wednesday Submission By 46 Deputies Of Fifth Rada Challenging Constitutionality Of Holding Early Parliamentary Elections On September 30 (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Prosecutor?s General Office to hold experiment on Gongadze case (UNIAN)
• Fitch forecasts growth of Ukraine?s GDP this year at 7% (UNIAN)
• Ukraine: RosUkrEnergo is taking back its control over Ukrainian gas pipelines (Equilibri.net)
• Gazprom okays 30% Turkmen gas price hike (Ukrainian Journal)
• Turkmenistan gas price rises 50% (BBC News)
• Ukraine may charge more for Russian gas transit (Reuters)
• Yushchenko Orders Energy Saving Revisions (Ukrainian Observer)
• Vanco Head Predicts Black Sea Drilling Success (Ukrainian Observer)
• Russian grain crisis as Ukraine boosts taxes (Russia Today)

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27 November, 2007

• NATO-Ukraine non-governmental organizations seek to support Ukrainian reforms (UNIAN)
• EC prepares for negotiations on Ukraine?s accession to Energy commonwealth (ForUm)
• Government approved research program of Holodomor in Ukraine (ForUm)
• Ukraine has 2546 NGOs, 929 charitable organizations (UNIAN)
• Zvarych Waiting for Bohatyrova?s Initiative (Interfax-Ukraine/Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Baloha Wants to Prevent Backing Out (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day in Ukraine (The Day)
• ? A Candle in the Window? (The Day)
• Yekhanurov wants revision of coalition agreement with BYT (Interfax-Ukraine)
• ?Where are you driving me, where can i go?... I was born in your midst? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Masterclass For Ukraine (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Symonenko Accusing Yuschenko Of Attempts To Exterminate Parliamentarianism (Ukrainian News Agency)
• NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENES AMID ORANGE UNITY CLAIMS AND CONFUSION (Business Ukraine)
• THE VEILED THREAT OF REGIONS STABILITY (Business Ukraine)
• A tint of separatism and nation tension (Kyiv Weekly)
• Rinat Akhmetov ready to work in opposition (REGNUM)
• Government goes bronze (Kyiv Weekly)
• European doors open to Ukraine (Kyiv Weekly)
• A tale of two color revolutions (Foreign Policy)
• Gas price for Ukraine could hit $200 per 1,000 cu m in 2008 (RIA Novosti)
• Veolia gets investment to boost service in Russia and Ukraine (Cleantech)
• Gas price for Ukraine could hit $200 per 1,000 cu m in 2008 (UNIAN)
• Quick Deal in Ukraine Unlikely (AP)
• Ukraine's Donbas may float Polish unit in Warsaw in 2008 ? report (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Shell signs MOU for Ukrainian gas licenses (Oil & Gas Journal)
• XXI Century has acquired projects in Cherkasy & Simferopol (???)
• XXI Century Investment acquires two projects in Ukraine (AFX News Limited/Forbers)

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26 November, 2007

• Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov discuss development of bilateral cooperation (NRCU)
• State of The Union. The Holodomor (Wall Street Journal)
• Great Famine Anniversary in Ukraine (AP)
• Ukraine commemorates 75th anniversary of great famine 1932-33 (AFP)
• Ukraine remembers famine horror (BBC News)
• Ukraine Marks Famine Anniversary Amid Denials (RFE/RL)
• Ukrainian Pres calls for removing all Soviet-era monuments (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine May return to Way of Legal Democratic Development after Removal of Victor Yushenka: Former Speaker (Trend News Agency)
• Ukraine's SBU creates division on counteraction to contraband and corruption (Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review)
• SBU will tell truth about Soviet MGB agents destroying people in Western Ukraine (Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review)
• Security Service of Ukraine to wait for Mayor of Moscow at border (Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review)
• Moroz is concerned about new parliament (ForUm)
• Ukrainian Jew gets top honor (JTA)
• Ukraine's "orange" government uncertain (Reuters)
• Luzhkov says he will not retract comments about Crimea (Interfax)
• BYuT Believes Agreement was not Signed Due to Technical Problems (UNIAN/Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Ministries devise programme to help Ukrainian workers (Prague Daily Monitor)
• Norwegians accuse Russians of dirty tricks in telecoms venture (Times Online)
• Shell Abandons Deal For Ukraine Oil Sites (Wall Street Journal)
• Shell abandons $410m Regal deal (FT/MSNBC)
• UPDATE 1-Shell cancels purchase of Regal's Ukraine fields (Reuters)
• Can't Stand D.C. Traffic? You Should See Kiev (The Washington Post)

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23 November, 2007

• Ukraine famine remembered (UN MEDIA)
• Ukraine chief rabbi: remember Holodomor (JTA)
• Ukraine PM resigns as parties jostle for power (AFP)
• Ukraine's new parliament holds first session (RIA Novosti)
• Our Ukraine rejects Pliushch nomination (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine politics: more horsetrading as new parliament sits (Russia Today)
• Ukrainian government resigns after elections (UPDATE Forbes)
• Newly elected Ukrainian parliament convenes for 1st session (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Colored Revolutions: High Hopes And Broken Promises (RFE/RL)
• Uncertainty Clouds Opening of Ukrainian Parliament (Reuters)
• New Ukrainian parliament holds its first meeting (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine marks three years since "orange revolution" (RIA Novosti)
• President Viktor Yushchenko addressed people of Ukraine on occasion of Freedom Day (NRCU)
• Ukraine bank balances fall temporary-cbank (Reuters)
• Young professionals climb corporate ladder faster in Ukraine (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine?s Kernel raises $220m in Warsaw IPO (Kyiv Post)
• Cargill eyes expansion in Ukraine (Kyiv Post)
• Regal and Shell sign Ukraine JV understanding (Reuters)
• Shell veteran Greer takes over at Regal after Ukraine deal (The Independent)
• Cargill to invest US$80 mn into Vinnytsia region oil extraction plant construction until 2010 (Agro Perspectiva)
• Tyden: MND not to extract oil, gas in Ukraine (Prague Daily Monitor)
• Bulgarian Sopharma eyes Ukraine (Polish Market)
• THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORANGE REVOLUTION. ON RENEWAL OF UKRAINE'S POLITICAL REGIME (Eurasian Home Analytical Resource)
• Ukraine's Orange Revolution: myths and realities (Russia Today)
• President of Europarliament calls to remember about Holodomor in Ukraine (ForUm/Trend News Agency)
• Yanukovich hopes to remain prime minister of Ukraine (Itar-Tass)
• Our Ukraine leader assumes parliamentary coalition will appear today (REGNUM)
• Yushchenko Tells Our Ukraine to Unite and Stabilize (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Kyrylenko elected on post of Our Ukraine ?People?s Self Defence faction chief (UNIAN)
• Ukraine marks 75 anniversary of Soviet man-made famine, seeking recognition as genocide (PR-Inside.com)
• Recognizing the famine as genocide (Kyiv Post)

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21 November, 2007

• UKRAINIAN COALITION MAY NOT MATERIALIZE (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Ukraine introduces visa-free regime with Bulgaria and Romania ? Yatseniuk (UNIAN)
• United States to provide Ukraine with $2.5 million in technical assistance (UNIAN)
• UN plots Chernobyl zone recovery (BBC News)
• No Visa Regime for Bulgarians in Ukraine (international.news.bg)
• Shell eyes stake in Regal?s Ukraine fields (FT)
• Yushchenko: Ukraine's roads are Europe's most corrupt and dangerous (Earthtimes.org)
• Gazprom Faults EU Plan (Wall Street Journal)
• Russia nearly finishes gas talks with Ukraine, Baltic states-Medvedev (Itar-Tass)
• Russia completing talks on gas supplies to Ukraine, Baltics (RIA Novosti)
• PKN plans no dividend payout from 2007 profit (Reuters/Guardian Unlimited)
• MTS places Ukraine on the underperforming list (CNews)
• Libya Eyes Cultivating Wheat in Ukraine (Alarab online)
• Ukrainian energy minister discussing gas deliveries in Moscow (Interfax)
• Ukraine's draft budget features specific gas price (RosBusinessConsulting)
• Ukraine govt revises inflation, growth forecasts (Reuters/Guardian Unlimited)
• MTS Ukraine launches wireless broadband network (Digital Media Asia)
• Regal and Shell sign Ukraine JV understanding (Reuters)
• Ukraine's KDD plans AIM float (ShareCast)
• KDD Group seeks London AIM listing (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• International 75th commemoration exhibition "Holodomor 1932-1933 to be held in Kyiv (ForUm)
• Russian Foreign Ministry should read more books about history - Ukraine`s MFA (UNIAN)
• Ukraine and Russia Argue on Holodomor Case (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• RF does not recognize Holodomor as genocide in Ukraine (ForUm)
• Day of mourning after Ukraine mine disaster (AP/USA Today)
• USA ready to provide financial aid to families of Donetsk miners killed in blast at Zasiadko mine (NRCU)
• AIDS on the rise in Russia, Ukraine (NEWS.com.au)

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20 November, 2007

• Toll in Ukraine mine blast up to 88 says official (AFP)
• Ukraine to Brace Intelligence (Prensa Latina)
• Viktor Yushchenko urges State Customs Service of Ukraine and law enforcement bodies to intensify fight of smuggling (NRCU)
• Contraband assumes alarming proportions in Ukraine-Yushchenko (Itar-Tass)
• Iran ready to cooperate with Ukraine in nuclear sphere ? Ambassador (UNIAN)
• Iran, Ukraine to expand economic ties (Press TV)
• UKRAINE, RUSSIA FACE OFF OVER CLEANING UP OIL SPILL IN SEA OF AZOV (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• European Commission to provide aid to Ukraine to diminish consequences of Kerch ecological accident (NRCU)
• PEOPLE ARE LESS BEATEN IN UKRAINE (A1plus)
• U.N. to promote self-reliance in Chernobyl area (Reuters)
• Chernobyl: UN switches assistance efforts to focus on economic self-reliance (UN News Centre)
• Reb Nachman's grave not up for grabs (JTA)
• The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed. Siverodonetsk II (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Behind the Screen of Proportionality, or Why Won?t Tiger Ever Eat Carrots? (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Getting acquainted with our own history (The Day)
• Hazardous school (The Day)
• Anatolii DIMAROV: ?It?s too bad I was not a Banderite? (The Day)
• Eurochaos (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Kyiv Ex-Mayor Omelchenko Not Intending To Take Part In Possible Early Mayoral Elections (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Germany gas link may be slowed, not stopped (Reuters)
• Ukrainian banking sector set to witness IPOs in 2008-2009 ? analysis (The Financial Times)
• KYRGYZSTAN: Okays Ukraine Entry to WTO (Inter Press Service)
• Bank of Cyprus signs 52 mln eur agreement to acquire Ukraine's AvtoZAZBank (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Bank of Cyprus acquires AvtoZAZBank in Ukraine (Financial Mirror)
• Europe - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine 2006-2007 (PRMinds)
• Apple harvest in Ukraine in 2007 equaled to apple harvest in Poland (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• UKRAINE: Sandora to launch two juice production lines ? report (just-drinks.com)
• Firm Working to Expand CNG Use in Transport (Ukrainian Observer)
• Akhmetov Gives 10 Million UAH to Miner Families (Ukrainian Observer)
• ?The Way Home? works to protect the rights and lives of street children in Odessa (UNICEF)

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19 November, 2007

• Ukraine President Defends National Hero (AP)
• Yushchenko calls for closer ties with Israel (New Europe)
• Smuggling scandal, true assessment of Shukhevich?s role in life of Jews and embarrassment at Knesset: Outcomes of ?successful? Yushchenko?s visit to Israel (REGNUM)
• Nazi collaborator to be deported (Agence France-Presse)
• Yuschenko holds meeting on anti-Semitism (JTA)
• Migrants head to Ukraine to plot EU entry (Telegraph.co.uk)
• Ukraine linked to CIA torture: EU lawmaker (Russia Today)
• In Ukraine, Condemning Communist Crimes Worldwide (Epoch Times)
• MEPs ratify visa, readmission, discuss trade (New Europe)
• Kuchma advises Yushchenko to make reasonable decision (ForUm)
• Lutsenko Started Open War With Baloha (Interfax-Ukraine/Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Ukraine and Russia clashing over Kosovo precedent; Transdniestria (Tiraspol Times)
• Ukraine clears hurdle to WTO entry (AP/Kyiv Post)
• SEB buys second bank in Ukraine (Financial Times)
• Foreign Minister urges Spanish entrepreneurs to raise investment into Ukraine's economy (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Iran eager to expand trade ties with Ukraine (MehrNews)
• Russia, Ukraine sign agreement on shipping in Kerch Strait (Itar-Tass)
• Russia Is Not Going to Pay Ukraine for Black Oil (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• A.Miller and Y.Boyko coordinated gas price for intermediate term prospect (AK&?)
• Russian Fleet Must Leave Ukraine By 2017: Deputy Premier (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)
• Great Hotels Organisation stages first event in the Ukraine (Forimmediaterelease.net)
• At least 33 dead in Ukrainian mine blast (Reuters)

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16 November, 2007

• Ukraine President Defends National Hero (AP)
• Yushchenko vows to nix visas for Israelis (Jerusalem Post)
• Chicago man ordered deported to Ukraine for helping Nazis round up Jews (AP)
• Ukraine Party of Regions hold talks on efficient coalition (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine's Supreme Rada to hold first session Nov. 23 (RIA Novosti)
• Regions okays organizational compromise (Ukrainian Journal)
• EU to reopen probe of secret CIA prisons after evidence of Ukraine involvement (JURIST)
• Vietnam, Ukraine ink WTO accession deal (Sinhua)
• Gazprom, Ukraine come to terms on principles of natural gas pricing (UNIAN)
• USA ask Ukraine and Georgia not to spoil relations with Russia (ForUm)
• EU Denies Preps for Ukraine Entry (Prensa Latina)
• Battle rages over Ukraine`s largest oil refinery (Russia Today)
• Ukraine 'moving towards' EU membership (EUPolitix.com)
• Building stronger ties with Ukraine (European Parlament)
• SEB buys 97.25 pct of Ukraine's Factorial Bank for 116.7 mln usd (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• SEB to buy Factorial Bank in Ukraine expansion (Reuters)
• Gazprom finally reveals its "top secret gas formula" (Russia Today)
• Ukraine to support Kosovo sovereignty (NRCU)
• NATO understands legitimacy of Russia's CFE moratorium ? Baluyevsky (Interfax)
• The CIS and Baltic press on Russia (RIA Novosti)
• Lutsenko Refuses to Join New NU-NS Party (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Kyrylenko Favors Review Of Aspect Of Coalition Agreement With Tymoshenko Bloc That Deals With Transition To Professional Army (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Democracy games (Kyiv Weekly)
• Vitaliy Klitschko: They turned downtown Kyiv into one big business-center (Kyiv Weekly)

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15 November, 2007

• Ukraine hands Israel Holocaust mass grave evidence (Reuters)
• Peres gets info on Holocaust-era graves (Jerusalem Post)
• Ukrainian president condemns anti-Semitism in Knesset speech (Haaretz)
• Ukraine President Assures ADL of Commitment to Counter Anti-Semitism (Anti-Defamation League)
• Yushchenko Smooths over Award Gaff in Izrael (Kommersant)
• Ukraine denies receiving planes of CIA at its air bases (Sinhua)
• Zbigniew Brzezinski: "Ukraine Should Not Hesitate to Say to Its Younger brother, Russia, That It Should Learn Ukrainian Political Culture (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• To Pliushch et al: Toe the line or step aside for someone who will (Kyiv Post)
• Analysts: President mulls ?no coalition? option (Kyiv Post)
• Take lead, Yushchenko (Kyiv Post)
• Lytvyn Asserts That NU-NS and PRU Are Negotiating (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Ukraine , Kyrgyzstan sign bilateral WTO protocol (Xinhua)
• Last World Trade Organization deal signed (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine clears hurdle to WTO entry by reaching trade agreement with Kyrgyzstan (AP/PR-Inside.com)
• Ukraine confirms deal signed with Kyrgyzstan for WTO accession (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine to allocate 138 million hryvnias to Kirghizia (UNIAN)
• Ukraine's 700 mln usd bond due 2017 rated 'BB-' - S&P (CNNMoney)
• Ukraine Implicated in CIA Renditions (AP)
• EU investigator targets Ukraine in fresh CIA allegations (EUOBSERVER)
• Democracy Goes Wild in Ukraine (AP)
• Nigeria: USAID, Ukraine Seek Closer Ties With Govt (AllAfrica.com)
• Ukrainian historian: Subject of Holodomor in Ukraine is too politicized (REGNUM)
• European parliament calls to support European choice of Ukraine (Trend News/ForUm)
• Ukraine to start free trade talks with Israel (UNIAN)
• Ukraine signed WTO protocol with Kirghizia (UNIAN)
• European Commission considers Ukraine is not ready to join the EU (ForUm)
• Vienna Insurance Group in Ukraine: Expansion of Market Position in Ukraine by Acquisition of Ukrainska Strakhova Grupa (Pressemitteilung)
• Ukraine boosts exports (RosBusinessConsulting)
• Gazprom sends mixed price signals (Kyiv Post)
• Despite sour bilateral ties, Kyiv?s trade with Moscow on the rise (Kyiv Post)
• Ukrainians warming up to insurance despite Soviet-era stereotypes of risk management (Kyiv Post)
• Akhmetov snaps up mills in EU (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine's Prominvestbank assigned 'E+' bank financial strength rating - Moody's (ABCmoney)
• A QUESTION OF NATIONAL PRIDE (Eurasian Home Analytical Resource)
• IMF official: Ukraine can handle energy cost rise to world levels (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukrainian famine memories haunt local professor (WCR)
• EU and its eastern neighbours - An agenda for political and economic integration within the C.I.S. (Newropeans Magazine)
• CRIMEAN TATARS CLASH WITH POLICE OVER LAND (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• In Ukraine, Blog Camp Draws 300 Bloggers from Seven Countries (Internews)
• Eurobank wants to double Ukraine network by 2009 (Kathimerini/ Bloomberg)

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14 November, 2007

• GEORGIA AND UKRAINE: SIMILAR REVOLUTIONS, DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• The Party of Regions Getting Ready to Block the Verkhovna Rada Rostrum (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• MP Candidate Chornovil: Yuschenko Regrets Dissolution Of Rada Of Fifth Convocation (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Breslov hassisim meet Ukraine president (Ynet)
• Yushchenko: Rebbe Nachman's Grave Belongs to the Jewish People (IsraelNN.com)
• Ukraine wants to establish visa-free regime with Israel (Trend News)
• Xenophobia are not characteristic of Ukraine?s society ? Yushchenko (UNIAN)
• The Politics of Genocide (The American Spektator)
• Yushchenko: Ukraine solved issue on accession to the WTO (ForUm)
• European Parliament Simplifies Visa Process with Ukraine (Trend News)
• Ukraine hails decision of European Parliament to back agreements on readmission and simplified visa regime (NRCU)
• Ukrainian Economy Grows Despite Political Problems (VOA News)
• 13 polling stations to be opened in Ukraine for Russians (UNIAN)
• Ukraine and Russia have not agreed gas price (ForUm)
• Gazprom says Moscow, Kiev to talk gas prices Nov. 15 ? 2 (RIA Novosti)
• Gazprom, Ukraine have no agreement on gas price 2008 (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine's Jan-Oct GDP at 7.3 pct-stats (Reuters/Guardian Unlimited)
• Ukraine, Russia set up joint group to deal with oil spill (Xinhua)
• Rezidor to Build Two More Hotels in Ukraine (Property Xpress)
• Eastern Europe ?unsustainable?? (Estate Angels)
• Oleksiy Ivchenko: ?I?d Buy That Mercedes Now (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Lab of agricultural products quality and safety is created in Ukraine (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• GUAM National Coordinators Council?s Meeting to be Held in Kiev on 15, 16 November (Trend News)
• GUAM National Coordinators ? Poland to hold 1st Meeting in Warsaw (Trend News)
• Ihor Konovalov, SBU Deputy Chief: ?The Cabinet Resolution Says nothing about total Tapping? (Zerkalo Nedeli)

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13 November, 2007

• Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, agreed to sign WTO protocol (UNIAN)
• Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk discussed Ukraine's accedence to WTO with his Kyrgyz opposite number Ednan Karabaev in Bishkek (NRCU)
• Dissatisfaction With Political and Economical State of Ukraine Reaches Balkan Level (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Georgia's Neighbors On Edge After Week Of Unrest (RFE/RL)
• Risks of poverty (The Day)
• VRU to start work irrespective of results of working group sitting? (ForUm)
• Ukraine Is Not Poland (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Anticipation of civil society (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Crimean Card: to divide or to Play? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Out of the shadows (Maidan.org.ua)
• Gazprom says preliminary deal reached on price of gas supplies to Ukraine (AP/ Kyiv Post)
• Metinvest factory deals agreed (The Financial Times)
• Ukraine says Deutsche Bank could enter market after WTO accession (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Raven Russia Purchased Project in Ukraine (SeaNews)
• Investors curious about Uran delay (The Age)
• Cisco announces venture capital initiative in CEE (bbj.hu)
• IMF recommends Ukraine to tighten monetary policy (Kyiv Weekly)
• Govt to draw US $ 300 mn from WB for financing 2007 budget deficit (Kyiv Weekly)
• Youth agora (The Day)
• UT, Toledo legal community hosts delegation of judges from Ukraine (Port Clinton News Herald)
• Risk of Ecological Disaster in Ukraine (Prensa Latina)
• Ukraine Jews demand cemetery protection (JTA)
• Victims of Ukraine`s Great Famine to be commemorated in Brussels (UNIAN)

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12 November, 2007

• Mykola Azarov going to Kyrgyzstan to solve problem of Ukraine's accedence to WTO (NRCU)
• Ukraine hopes GUAM cooperation deepening with the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (Messenger)
• Revolution Now (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine registers sufficient number of deputies for Rada meeting ? official (Interfax-Ukraine)
• NU-NS Unfolds PRU Political Games (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Do Our Democrats Need Independent Mass Media? (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Viktor Yushchenko: Current Gas Import Arrangement May Be Unethical. Interview (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Russia, Ukraine Face Catastrophe From Sea Oil Spill, Group Says (Bloomberg)
• Ukraine refinery buys 165,000 T crude via Odessa (Reuters)
• Gazprom says Ukraine will accept $160 gas price (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine Said to Agree 23% Gas Price Increase (Ukrainian Observer)
• Analysis: Russia, Ukraine in gas spat (UPI)
• Kiev, Gazprom Reach Gas Price Accord (The Moscow Times)
• Gazprom, Ukraine Reach Gas Supplies Deal (Associated Press/Forbes)
• Verkhovna Rada Hampers Ukraine?s Integration into the WTO (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Azarov Leaves For Kyrgyzstan To Hold Talks On Ukraine?s Accession To WTO (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Ukraine, World Bank sign big loan deal for power transmission modernization (Xinhua)
• World Bank to extend loan for improving Ukraine's power grid (Sinhua)
• Ukraine recognises Vietnam?s full market status (Nhan Dan)
• Observers examples of democratic society (Courier-Post)
• Court officials to host Ukraine counterparts (Deseret News)
• UNICEF Ukraine helps re-unite abandoned siblings and encourages family-based care (UNICEF)
• Voinovich presses Poland, Ukraine JTA, 9 November 2007
• HIV a major risk factor for MDR TB in Ukraine (Aidsmap)

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9 November, 2007

• Yushchenko. Reanimation of Power (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Leaders meeting sought to avoid crisis (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine to Spend $6m for NATO Promotion (Kommersant)
• Tymoshenko, Bogatyryova and Kateryna Yushchenko are the most influential women of Ukraine (UNIAN)
• NGO: winter too early for snap election to Kyiv?s city council (Kyiv Post)
• Journalists stage protest pledging to eliminate paid-for news (Kyiv Post)
• Chinese man freezes to death in Ukraine border-crossing attempt (Earthtimes.org)
• Unearthing mass graves in Ukraine unveils history (JTA)
• Ukraine's President comments on turmoil in Georgia (RosBusinessConsulting)
• Ukraine following recent developments in Georgia (NRCU)
• Ukraine calls on Georgian government, opposition for restraint (Xinhua)
• Visa confusion (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine, Poland, to facilitate contacts between residents (UNIAN)
• Ukraine finished WTO talks with Vietnam (UNIAN)
• E. Europe house price rise likely unsustainable-EBRD (Reuters)
• U.S. Ambassador Taylor`s speech at Kyiv University (UNIAN)
• Ukraine c.bank to extend reserve requirements (Reuters/Guardian)
• Ukraine must pay market prices for gas from 2011: Gazprom (ABCmoney)
• Belarus, Ukraine start gas price talks with Gazprom (Reuters)
• YUSHCHENKO WANTS TRANSPARENT ENERGY DEALS WITH MOSCOW (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• CORRECTED - Ukraine, Russia mull oil transit price rise ?paper (Reuters)
• UPDATE 1-INTERVIEW-Tatneft eyes courts over Ukraine oil losses (Reuters)
• Go-ahead for sale of Gdansk dock (BBC News)
• Ukraine group buys Gdansk shipyard (Times Online)
• Tycoons on course to buy historic Polish shipyard (Kyiv Post)
• State telecom launches 3G in six major cities ( Kyiv Post)
• Government halts rushed sales of top assets (Kyiv Post)
• FirstService investments in Colliers Russia & Ukraine (CNNMoney)
• Ukraine: representatives of AIC initiate the prolongation of the moratorium for agricultural lands sales to July 1, 2008 (Agrimarket Consulting)

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8 November, 2007

• Ukraine?s venture capital focuses on consumer-oriented sectors (Kyiv Post)
• Venture capitalists drawn by real estate (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine pays gas debt in full ? Gazprom AFX (News Limited/Forbes)
• Ukraine completely clears its debt for Russian gas supplied in 2006 and 2007 (NRCU)
• Redefining the role of parliament chairman as arbiter, not roost-ruler (Kyiv Post)
• MEPs to call for recognition of Ukraine famine as genocide (EUPolitix.com)
• President signs bill on criminal responsibility for denying Holodomor and Holocaust in Ukraine (NRCU)
• Denying free speech (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine`s deputy Foreign Minister hopes Russia will open its archives (UNIAN)
• Patriots on the Loose (BBC Monitoring)
• Change the World Fundraiser brings in $100,000 for Ukraine orphanage (Walton Sun)
• Guarantee of Distrust (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• EUROPE: Schengen Brings East Closer to Europe (IPS)
• Tymoshenko Offers Compromise (Interfax-Ukraine/Ukrayinska Pravda)
• CPU demands to cancel President's institution (ForUm)
• European Parliament again to discuss Ukraine's bid for EU membership (Interfax-Ukraine)
• IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING UKRAINIANS? (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Wheat buyers rush to Black Sea (Daily Times)
• UniCredit's Bank Austria Creditanstalt files request to buy Ukrsotsbank (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Eastern Europe's Billionaires (Forbes)
• Rabbi Nachman's Uman grave could be sold into private hands (Ha'aretz)
• Euro-2012: Who will get the title? By Daniel Bilak Kyiv Post, 7 November 2007
• Swedish retailer IKEA buys land in Kyiv (UNIAN)
• Our Ukraine protests against closing bookshops in Kyiv ? statement (UNIAN)
• Hundreds of Ukrainian skinheads, Indian students clash - report (Earthtimes.org)
• Paedophiles prey on Ukrainian youngsters (Russia Today)
• Russian-language school tear-gassed in Ukraine, hundreds evacuated (Earthtimes.org)
• Ukraine ranked low in global competitiveness study (Kyiv Post)
• French dairy boosts stake in Ukraine (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine: increased fruit harvest 2007 let processors zoom up the volumes of fruit jam, jelly, paste and puree (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• Bridging Troubled Waters (Transitions Online)

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7 November, 2007

• Ukraine pays gas debt in full ? Gazprom (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• UPDATE 1-Ukraine CPI rises to 2.9 pct m/m in Oct (Reuters)
• UKRAINE'S ?HUNGER? FOR HISTORICAL JUSTICE (Eurasian Home Analytical Resource)
• Ukraine to charge market price for gas transit services (RosBusinessConsulting)
• PepsiAmericas, PepsiCo Buy Sandora Stake For $136.7 Million (CNNMoney.com)
• Ukraine,Russia in talks on 2008 gas price (Trend News Agency)
• Ukraine: Minority outraged at police operation (Russia Today)
• Crimean Tatars Fight Against Ukraine's Demolition Move; 28 Arrested (AHN)
• Creation of free trade area with European Union will offer Ukraine pre-requisites for affirming itself in European economic space (NRCU)
• Regions, Communist parties skip session (Ukrainian Journal)
• PRESIDENT?S PARTY IS WEAKEST LINK IN ORANGE COALITION (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Tymoshenko promises to hold VRU session without ?regionals? (ForUm)
• The Future of Ukraine?s Image (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Vitrenko: Party Of Regions, Our Ukraine People's Self-Defense Bloc To Form Coalition At New Rada (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Creation of free trade area with European Union will offer Ukraine pre-requisites for affirming itself in European economic space (NRCU)
• A Snake Island Odyssey (Ukrainian Observer)
• Russia, Ukraine Lost Attraction (Kommersant)
• Ukrainian ultra-nationalists, Indian students clash (Malaysia Sun)
• Odesa-Reni highway to be built in south of Ukraine (UNIAN)
• Report: Racist violence in FSU alarming (JTA)
• Police Smash Global Child Sex Network (AP)
• Ukraine Child Porn Production Center (Ukrainian Observer)

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6 November, 2007

• US Ambassador to Ukraine urges quick Cabinet formation, anti-corruption moves, economic reform (AP)
• Ukraine to Deliberate on Entry to NATO for a Year or Two (Kommersant)
• Ukraine will not be forced to join NATO (ForUm)
• Illusion of Unity (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• PRU Prepares Centralized Campaign for Power (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine outlined reform plans for intelligence and security services (UNIAN)
• Russia introduces new rules for Ukrainian citizens (UNIAN)
• Ukraine, Poland, to facilitate contacts between residents (UNIAN)
• Not too late (The Day)
• Ukraine supports Moldovan president's initiatives on Transnistrian conflict settlement (Moldpress)
• Party Of Regions Refuses To Participate In Meeting Of Group On Preparation For New Rada?s Session Until CEC Registers Its Deputies (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Does a new law violate children?s rights? (The Day)
• Ukraine postpones grain export resumption (Ukrainian Journal)
• Consolidated Minerals says three Ukrainian brokers hold part of 17.7 pct stake (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Trade turnover between Belarus and Ukraine hits $2 billion in January-September (National Legal Internet Portal)
• Sunflower oil export from Ukraine not to be limited (NRCU)
• Ukraine Rabbinate's Web site attacked (JTA)

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5 November, 2007

• Ukraine to reach 2008 gas price deal with Russia before Nov. 20 (RIA Novosti)
• Russia in Ukraine refinery spat (BBC News)
• Russia criticises Ukraine for takeover of Ukrainian/Russian-owned refinery (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Russia, Ukraine clash over oil refinery (Russia Today)
• RF alarmed over Kremenchug oil refinery hostile takeover (Itar-Tass)
• Ivanov says Russia cannot ignore raid on Ukrainian oil refinery (RIA Novosti)
• All 72 MPs of "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" bloc will sign agreement on creation of democratic coalition with BYUT (NRCU)
• Central Electoral Commission continues registration of new people's deputies (NRCU)
• Ukrainian Pres visits cabinet meeting, first time in years (Itar-Tass)
• Bilateral issues discussed with Ukraine (New Europe)
• Council of Europe to help Ukraine to reform judicial system (ForUm)
• Ukraine lashes back at Russian ambassador over history (RIA Novosti)
• Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called to refrain from ?appraisal? statements concerning Ukraine?s past (ForUm)
• Ukraine still waits for government (UNIAN)
• Ukraine: Military Delegation Visits U.K. (Stratford)
• Viktor Yushchenko: ?The Question is about leading the Gas Market out of the shadows? (Zerkalo nedeli)
• Merry-go-round (Zerkalo nedeli)
• Telenor and Altimo start end-game for Kyivstar - and about time too (Telecoms.com)
• Ukraine is called most globalize state in the world (ForUm)
• Villagers find comfort in volunteer mission work in the Ukraine (Daily Sun)
• Rehabilitation works of the Niezhin synagogue in Ukraine completed (EJP)
• Juice production has increased 44% during first three quarters 2007 in Ukraine (Agricultural Marketing Project)

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2 November, 2007

• UPDATE 1-Broadcaster CME Q3 gets Ukraine election lift (Reuters)
• Swedish Foreign Minister expects Ukraine to accede to WTO (NRCU)
• Russian nationalists claim responsibility for attack on Yushchenko's Web site (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Romania, Ukraine to monitor Bastroe Canal project jointly (People's Daily Online)
• Presidents of Romania and Ukraine discuss bilateral issues (Monsters and Critics.com)
• Fire Strikes Kiev School (Runyan Chabad.org)
• Ukraine Party of Regions calls for returning to work at roundtables (Itar-Tass)
• Kostenko gave ?pumpkin? to Baloha (UNIAN)
• Baloha Prejudices a New Pact (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Ukraine studing Russia's quitting temporary agreement on oil transit policies via CIS oil pipelines (NRCU)
• Ukrainian Village Suffers Painful Demise (Ukraine Voice of America)
• Plyushch and Stelmakh Boykott Tymoshenko (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Yekhanurov Refuses to Be on the Bit (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Experts Consider Yuschenko's Influence On Possible Early Mayoral Elections In Kyiv As Being Of Decisive Importance For Perspectives To Be Elected For Another Presidential Term (Ukrainian News Agency)
• European Party against imperative mandate (Kyiv Weekly)
• Immoral land deals (The Day)
• Investing in independence (The Day)
• A monument to Ukrainian serfdom (The Day)
• Ukraine ready to cancel visa regime to Romania (NRCU)
• Prices for legal services to rise as clients focus more on quality (Kyiv Post)
• UNESCO Conference General passes resolution "On Commemorating Holodomor Victims" (NRCU)
• UNESCO adopted resolution on Holodomor recognition in Ukraine (ForUm)
• Yulia Tymoshenko, Milton Friedman and the liberation of the peasants (Kyiv Post)
• Kyiv moves up in EIU biz ranking (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine reiterates adherence to agreement on Black Sea Fleet base (People's Daily Online)
• Crimean Ukraine's excellent property investment opportunities (Easier)
• Ukraine Refuses to Build Airport Together with Russia (Russia-InfoCenter)
• Ukraine plans to conclude gas supply talks with Russia next week (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine moves to settle debt to Gazprom (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine pays 2007 debt for Russian gas in full (HULIQ)
• TVEL ready to deliver nuclear fuel to Ukraine (Analytical Information Agency)
• Price growth for oranges and bananas continues in Ukraine (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• The October Revolution and Ukraine (Whats On)
• UOC-MP Orthodox Refutes Alleged Cancellation of Mazepa?s Excommunication (RISU)

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1 November, 2007

• Presidium of "People's Union "Our Ukraine"" party discusses preparation for new parliament session (NRCU)
• Coalition deal in doubt (Kyiv Post)
• A Part of NU-NS Is Preparing ?Surprise? for Tymoshenko (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Three people from OU-PSD did not signed commitment on coalition with BYUT (UNIAN)
• Lutsenko hinted that Lytvyn has no chances (UNIAN)
• Ukraine?s parliamentary coalition still open to question (Itar-Tass)
• Registration of new Rada members begins in Ukraine (Itar-Tass)
• Yatsenyuk makes terms to European Union (UNIAN)
• Ukraine to finish paying off its gas debt to Russia on October 30 (NRCU)
• Ukraine PM says wants Russia gas talks ended soon (Reuters)
• Atlantic Council Analyzes Corruption in Ukraine (Associated Kontent)
• ConsMin holding linked to Ukraine bidder (Sydney Morning Herald)
• Ukraine Suspends Electric Power Export to Poland (Prensa Latina)
• Ukrainian President?s Website Hacked By ?Russian Nationalists' (RFE/RL)
• Russian hackers claim downing of Ukrainian president's website (AFP)
• Russian hackers cripple Yushchenko website (Ukrainian Journal)
• Broswellio acquires 22.52% of Telesystems Ukraine (Interfax)
• Ukraine, Central Europe to experience strong IT growth (Kyiv Post)
• UPDATE 1-Ukraine refinery row may spark wider crisis (Reuters)
• Russia to supply 7 kg of nuclear fuel for Ukraine test reactor (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine pays 2007 debt for Russian gas in full ? RosUkrEnergo (RIA Novosti)
• Yanukovich at one with Yushchenko: Ukraine will not buy imported gas at price more than $150 (REGNUM)
• Ukraine land developers brawl with ethnic Tartars on land dispute (Earthtimes.org)
• Western Ukraine gains its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire on this day in 1918 (FOCUS News Agency)
• Hidden legislative loopholes pose threat to property rights (Kyiv Post)
• Missile Crisis Monument Unveiled in Ukraine (Prensa Latina)
• Ecuador recognized Holodomor in Ukraine as an act of genocide (ForUm)
• Ukraine Jews Wait For Significant Action On Anti-Semitism (JTA Wire Service)
• Ukraine: Jewish school torched (Ynetnews)
• Solidarity with the five Cuban Heroes Committee created in the Ukraine (Granma International)
• Ukraine woman forced to dance at strip club testifies in D.C. (Detroit Free Press)

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30 October, 2007

• Ukraine's Yushchenko strips 2 key figures in his poisoning case of honorary rank (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• 2 Figures in Ukraine Poisoning Demoted (AP)
• Ukraine sees 'optimum' 2008 price for Russian gas 150-160 usd/unit vs 130 now (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Ukraine to settle gas debt with Gazprom today (RosBusinessConsulting)
• No abrupt rise of Russian gas prices expected ? Yushchenko (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine may sign agreement on accession to WTO in one or two months if Kyrgyzstan lifts non-trade claims (NRCU)
• No Ukraine WTO Entry Until Late 2008 (Reuters/Javno)
• Ukraine pressures Kyrgyzstan on WTO issue ? ministry (Itar-Tass)
• Chernomyrdin Promises to Defend Ukraine (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Chernomyrdin gives advice to Yushchenko (UNIAN)
• NATO chief says Ukrainians will rule on membership (AFP/EUbusiness)
• BYuT Accuses MIA of Persecutions and Asks Moroz and Tsushko to Calm Down (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) publishes its report on Ukraine (Council of Europe)
• A two-spot with authority (ForUm)
• Ukraine?s President makes replacements in Security Council, degrades former security service chiefs (Axis News)
• Anti-terror exercise underway in Ukraine (Itar-Tass)
• ?Regionals? offer to return to Universal pact (ForUm)
• Presidium Of Our Ukraine People?s Union Denies Possibility Of Making Coalition With Party Of Regions (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Farewell to the future? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Spoiled Thermometer (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Yandex?s advertising opens up the Ukrainian market (Hit Search)
• Polish Barlinek looking at rights issue to fund eastward expansion (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Russian wholesale companies are interested in Ukrainian vegetables and fruits (FreshPlaza)

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29 October, 2007

• Iran, Ukraine review expansion of mutual ties (The Tehran Times)
• Kyrgyzstan Lifted an Obstacle on the Way of Ukraine to WTO (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine suggests EU creating solidary pension system for legal immigrants from Ukraine (NRCU)
• Ukraine to join European resolution on access to justice by migrants and children (ForUm)
• Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin does not see any grounds for Ukraine's accession to NATO (NRCU)
• Russia is against Ukraine?s accession to NATO (ForUm)
• Yushchenko Postponed Referendum Regarding NATO for Many Years (Interfax-Ukraine/ Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine delays NATO membership (Press TV)
• US Advises New Government to Exclude ?Big Money? From Politics (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• The EU wants Ukraine to cut visa regime for Bulgaria, Romania (FOCUS News)
• Ukraine publishes official election results (Reuters)
• Official parliamentary election results published in Ukraine (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Russian statue sparks clashes in Ukraine (Russia Today)
• Ukraine reburies Stalin's victims (BBC News)
• Ukraine reburies 2,000 victims of Stalin's rule (Reuters)
• Ukraine reburies Soviet victims (Al Jazeera)
• Ukraine President orders return of 700 confiscated Torah scrolls (Haaretz)
• Ukraine to seek Israeli recognition for 1930s genocide (Haaretz)
• Ukraine leader says $150-160 optimal price for gas (Reuters)
• Yushchenko, Tymoshenko and Yanukovych: History of Betrayal. Part I (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine has no language problem ? Yushchenko (Itar-Tass)
• Stadium for Euro 2012 Planned to Be Built in Expocentre Ukraine (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ministry of Agrarian Policy initiates prolonging of agrarians VAT taxation special regime until 2009 (Agro Perspectiva)
• Ukraine: the market of feed maize observes the tendency of price reduction (Agrimarket Consulting)
• Ukraine: as for October 25 farmers harvested about 29.5 mln tonnes of grain (Agrimarket Consulting)

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26 October, 2007

• It?s worth the price (Kyiv Post)
• Kyiv?s central bank mulls currency appreciation to curb high inflation (Kyiv Post)
• Cure needed, not relief (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine refinery ousted head fails to regain HQ (Reuters)
• EU says no reason to worry about gas supplies from Russia via Ukraine (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Europe unconcerned by Ukrainian gas transit row ? EU (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine Court Validates Election Results (AP)
• Returns of Ukraine parliamentary polls may be announced on Oct 27 (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine high court dismisses legal challenge to parliamentary election results (JURIST)
• UNO agreed to spread information about 1932 to 1933 Holodomor in Ukraine (NRCU)
• Libya intends to consider bill "On 1932 to 1933 Holodomor in Ukraine" at next sitting of parliament (NRCU)
• Ukraine court ruling unblocks path to new govt (Reuters)
• UNO to spread information about Holodomor in Ukraine (ForUm/Trend News Agency)
• How's it going, province? By Volodymyr Senchenko (The Ukrainian Observer)
• Iran, Ukraine review expansion of mutual ties (Islamic Republic News Agency)
• Lutsenko Conditions His Return (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Yushchenko Is Anxious About Tax Avoidance (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Suprun intends to run for post of President of Ukraine (UNIAN)
• Moroz has everything ahead (UNIAN)
• Katerynchuk: NU-NS and BYuT Are Rather Disputing Than Splitting (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Fastidious disgust but firm measures (maidanua.org)
• UAOC Bishop condemns recent anti-semitism in Ukraine Calls for Annual Holocaust Memorial Day (BRAMA)
• UkrTatNafta Refinery Faces `Financial Crisis,' Tatneft Says (Bloomberg)

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25 October, 2007

• Battlefield Ukraine: the geopolitical clash over value systems continues (Kyiv Post)
• Voters in Ukraine Go to Polls, Express Frustrations with Democracy (VOA News)
• Jewish leaders snub Ukraine award citing rise in anti-Semitism (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine president proposes Holocaust bill (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• Ukraine?s Yushchenko orders to set up anti-xenophobia security unit (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine Must Wait for NATO (Prensa Latina)
• USA does not consider Ukraine to join NATO soon (ForUm/Trend News Agency)
• Ukraine govt proposes to reduce army by 17,000 in 2008 (Itar-Tass)
• Yulia?s army reform plan under fire (Kyiv Post)
• Philly law firm launches branch office in Ukraine (Kyiv Post)
• Baltic billionaire to launch hypermarkets in Ukraine (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine court refuses to recognise US ruling in favour of Telenor (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Nigeria: NTDC Parleys Ukraine for Transnational Tourist Flow (AllAfrica.com)
• Georgia to Provide Ukraine with Oil Produced in Azerbaijan (TREND Information)
• Arguments and Facts: Ukraine, Russia might become rivals in transporting oil, gas (FOCUSNews)
• Massive oil shortages feared for Ukraine (Ukrainian Journal)
• Tatarstan talks tackle crude oil cutoff (Ukrainian Journal)
• Battle over Poltava oil refinery heats up (Kyiv Post)
• Changes are possible in coalition of BYT and Our Ukraine, but only of tactical character ? deputy leader of Timoshenko?s Bloc (REGNUM)
• Prime Minister of Ukraine prepares for first parliament session (ForUm/Trend News Agency)
• Member of "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense", ex-PM Yuriy Yekhanurov says party sees no split (NRCU)
• LEFTIST, PRO-RUSSIAN EXTREMISTS DEFY YUSHCHENKO OVER HISTORY (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Billionaire Pinchuk, With Seven Hirsts, Is Art's Mystery Buyer (Bloomberg)
• Broadband gains mean Ukraine is offshoring boss (Computing)
• GMO Products as a Condition for Ukraine to Enter WTO? (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Foreign banks providing competition, better financial services (Kyiv Post)
• Surge in acquisitions boosts domestic banking sector efficiency (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine will be ready to host matches of Euro-2012 timely, President believes (NRCU)
• Ukraine: export prices for sun oil continue reduction (Agrimarket Consulting)
• SBU asks Russia to give out criminals who committed act of vandalism over national symbols of Ukraine (Axis News)
• Ukrainian students get taste of democracy (The Kingston Whig-Standard)
• BSEC Foreign Ministers? Council Meets in Turkey (Trend News Agency)
• Kremlin Fires 'Radical' Aide (The Moscow Times)
• World citizens favour stronger EU global role (EUobserver)

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24 October, 2007

• Turkey to pass over leadership in BSEC to Ukraine at 17th sitting of council of foreign ministers of BSEC countries (NRCU)
• UKRAINE: Westwards, But Not Much More (IPS)
• Yekhanurov Threatens to Leave Our Ukraine (UNIAN/Ukrayinska Prawda)
• TYMOSHENKO THE REAL WINNER OF UKRAINE?S 2007 ELECTION (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• UPDATE 2-Ukraine refinery seeks crude amid row with Tatneft (Reuters)
• Ukraine Infringed U.S. Laws (Kommersant)
• Minister Of Defense Of Georgia Visits Ukraine (Prime News)
• Polcolorit runs into delays in Ukraine (Polish Market)
• Petrol rises in price in Ukraine (UNIAN)
• Ukrainian president reaffirms NATO accession goal (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine will join world action "Light Candle" on November 24 in memory of Holodmor and political repression victims (NRCU)
• 2008 will be declared year of memory of 1932 to 1933 Holodomor victims (NRCU)
• Yushchenko declares 2008 year of memory of 1930's famine victims (Itar-Tass)
• Southeast European Defense Ministerial Press Conference with Secretary Gates (US Department of Defense)
• Russia: Stepping into the Ukrainian-Tatar Energy Scuffle (Stratford)
• Ukrainians Want Return to Gas Barter (Kommersant)
• Head of Ukrainian state property fund: Viktor Yushchenko is key obstacle on the way of privatization (REGNUM)
• Yushchenko?s Main Intrigue Goes on (Liga/Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Socialists Found Out Who Benefits From Delaying Results (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• President calls on democrats to act faster (ForUm)
• Number Of Polish Residence Permits Issued To Ukrainians Increases 11% In January-September (Ukrainian News Agency)
• GUAM Foreign Ministers to Meet in Madrid (Trend News Agency)
• COALITION LATEST: DELAYS AND DEALS (Business Ukraine)
• BORDERING ON ECONOMIC SUCCESS (Business Ukraine)
• Democracies face great challenges (The Daily)
• Ukrainian Maritime Agency joins GAC global agency network - UAE (MENAFN Press)

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23 October, 2007

• Yushchenko hopes for Ukraine?s soonest integration in EU, NATO (Itar-Tass)
• Instrument of neighborhood Interviewed (The Day)
• Ukraine weighs up Afghanistan role (Russia Today)
• Yushchenko reaffirms Ukraine?s Nato stance (Reuters/Gulf Times)
• Yushchenko confirms Ukraine's desire to join NATO Membership Action Plan (Interfax)
• Yushchenko: Victory of democratic forces will increase Ukraine?s integration to EU and NATO (ForUm)
• Ukraine set to join Southeast Europe peacekeepers (RIA Novosti)
• Regions Party representative predicts political instability in Ukraine by end of presidential election in 2010 (NRCU)
• Ukraine settles gas debts in line with agreements ? Gazprom (RIA Novosti)
• Russia?s Tatneft cuts Ukraine oil supply (Ukrainian Journal)
• UPDATE 1-Ukraine's largest oil refiner says short of supply (Reuters)
• Ukraine to cancel grain restrictions (Bloomberg News/the International Herald Tribune)
• 13. Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant to start supplying zinc to Ukraine and Belarus (ABCmoney.co.uk)
• 14. Ukraine plans to cut greenhouse gas emission by 20% (eGov monitor)
• 15. Russia and Ukraine to Build International Airport (Russia-InfoCenter)
• AvtoVAZ increased the exports to Ukraine (Analytical Information Agency)
• Outside View: Odessa-Gdansk pipeline grows (UPI)
• Nebozhenko: Speaker and Prime Minister Should Be of the Same Weight (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Socialists Threaten CEC With Criminal Responsibility (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• VRU to start work by November 15? (ForUm)
• Kravchuk thinks power not to hold out for long time (UNIAN)
• Explosive pack (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• 2005 or 2006? Technique of ?ditching? Yulia Tymoshenko is central issue of Ukrainian politics (The Day)
• New realism for the president (The Day)
• Prasong to grill the Bt4 billion purchase of Ukrainian armoured vehicles (The Nation)
• Interpipe H1 net profit jumps 40 pct to 134 mln usd on strong export demand (Hemscott)
• International conference Black Sea Synergy starts in Odesa (NRCU)
• New transborder entity to be established within international commission "Yushchenko- Putin" (NRCU)
• Eurasian Secret Services Daily Report: Ukraine?s SBU exposed criminals committed Hoverla?s act of vandalism (Axis News)
• Ukrzaliznytsia?s stumbling blocks (The Day)
• The Willed Amnesia of the Residents of Eastern Galicia (History News Network)

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22 October, 2007

• A poll by a Kiev weekly revealed that the Ukrainians still think of the Poles as their best friends (the news.pl)
• Relations between Ukraine and Russia entered stage of ?coolness, alienation and even loathing? ? Ukrainian analyst (REGNUM)
• Ukraine president to discuss anti-Semitism spike (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• Ukranian president, Jewish leaders to meet (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• Ukraine Shines in European Property Market (Ltd PRLog.Org)
• Vanco to explore Ukraine's Black Sea (EnergyCurrent)
• Black Sea Shelf Exploration Deal Signed (Ukrainian Observer)
• Ukraine: The Power Of A Second Chance (RFE/RL)
• Tymoshenko promises death to hopes of Party of Regions (UNIAN)
• Tymoshenko wants Ukraine to remain key gas transit route (New Europe)
• Gates begins Europe tour in Ukraine (Press TV)
• US Defence Secretary Gates arrives in Ukraine (FOCUS/ AFP)
• Trade Office gets federal grant for Ukraine sales (AP/KXMC)
• Ukraine Braces for 15% Gas Price Hike (Bloomberg/The Moscow Times)
• Ukraine government supports continuous gas agreements with Russia (Itar-Tass)
• Political situation in Ukraine may delay its admission to WTO (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine not to send troops to Afghanistan (RosBusinessConsulting)
• Bravo and stay tuned: Ukraine?s parliamentary elections 2007 (Maidan.org.ua)
• Party of Regions Frightens With Referendum Again (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• MP Candidate Kaskiv Opposing Imperative Mandate But Ready To Support Its Introduction (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Svoboda Urges Justice Ministry To Cancel Registration Of Progressive Socialist Party, Communist Party And Putin Politics Party (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Lazarenko intends to come back to Ukraine this year (ForUm)
• Yushchenko calls Timoshenko?s military initiatives ?offensive? for Ukraine (REGNUM)
• Ukraine to host southeast Europe defense ministers' talks (RIA Novosti)
• Yatsenyuk believes in Common Economic Area (ForUm)
• Dr. Aubrey A. Lurie: Ukraine's past dotted with opportunities and horrors for minority groups (Shreveport Times)

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19 October, 2007

• Rude divorce (Kyiv Post)
• Jolly sundry coalition (Kyiv Post)
• World Bank lambastes Ukraine's tax system (Kyiv Post)
• Inflationary breakthrough (Kyiv Post)
• Holocaust conference in Ukraine (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• Ukraine's Delta bank denies Citigroup to buy it (Reuters)
• Ukraine sees higher steel output, stable exports (Reuters)
• Putin says gas prices for Ukraine to rise softly (Reuters)
• Ukraine's CJSC Privatbank's IDR affirmed at 'B' on modest capitalisation ? Fitch (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• ArcelorMittal eyes buys in Ukraine (Reuters)
• Ukraine's "orange" coalition to keep striving for NATO, EU (RIA Novosti)
• Putin says Russia ready to work with any government in Ukraine (RIA Novosti)
• Putin to Cooperate With Any Government of Ukraine (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Yanukovych: Ukraine is interested in cooperation with the USA (ForUm/TREND Information)
• Ukraine is interested in stirring up of relations with USA ? Yanukovych (UNIAN)
• Ukraine jumps to defence of APCs (The Nation)
• Ukraine to build Zimbabwe motorway (Monsters and Critics.com)
• Ukraine pro-West coalition agrees on cabinet post split (DigitalJournal.com)
• Russia, Ukraine FMs discuss border, regions? cooperation (Itar-Tass)
• Prez rips new PM plans before she starts (Ukrainian Journal)
• PRU Threatens to Block the Verkhovna (Rada Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Vanco Signs Ukraine?s First Deepwater Black Sea Agreement (Business Wire)
• Tymoshenko to Take Army Under Command (Kommersant)
• Rescuers pull more bodies from Ukrainian building hit by gas explosion, toll reaches 21 (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Developers, investors plan more hotels for Kyiv (Kyiv Post)
• Romanian hotel chain plans to build hotels in Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria (FOCUS News Agency)
• Groups from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine join network (International Journalist's Network)
• Ukraine: share of southern regions of Ukraine reduced in vegetable production (Agricultural Marketing Project)

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17 October, 2007

• Advice From Outsiders (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• New prices ? old songs (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Narrow pro-West majority in Ukraine (AP/The Times)
• EU welcomes Ukraine coalition (Xinhua)
• Ukraine: 'Orange' Coalition Deal Initialed, But Have Lessons Of Past Been Learned? (RFE/RL)
• Ukraine gas firms responsible for safety: Tymoshenko (Reuters)
• Jews protest Ukrainian nationalism honors (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• FM: 3 Chinese students attacked, injured in Ukraine (China Daily/Sinhua)
• Ukraine: Old Questions For New Odesa-Brody Extension Proposal (RFE/RL)
• Deal signed on Odessa?Brody?Plock?Gdansk oil pipeline (The Messenger)
• Five-nation oil pipeline bypasses Russia (Turkish Daily News /Agence France-Presse)
• New 500 km pipeline joins Black and Baltic seas (Daily Commercial News/AP)
• Politics postponed as Ukraine mourns (Russia Today)
• Final Results of Ukrainian Vote Announced (Kommersant)
• Azarov: Ukraine is ready to refuse gas mediators (ForUm)
• EU appreciates coalition formation in Ukraine (ForUm)
• EU welcomes Ukrainian coalition deal (EurActiv)
• President urges NCPD to focus attention on reforming Ukraine?s constitution (UNIAN)
• Ukraine harvested over 28 mln tonnes of grain (Agrimarket Consulting)
• Kiev welcomes move by Gazprom (The Financial Times/ MSNBC)
• AmRest Acquires Stake in Ukraine-Based Chain (Property Xpress)
• Vladivostok Administration Received Ambassador of Ukraine (Vladivostok Times)
• Ukraine supports project of local self-government, elaborated by European Council (NRCU)
• Vital Voices Ukraine Summit Features Leadership Initiatives for Young Women of Eurasia (Canada NewsWire)
• Gazprom May Sell Gas Direct to Kiev (The Moscow Times)
• Memorial Ceremony in Ukraine Marks Anniversary of Nazi Murder of 11,000 (Chabad.org)
• Privatization of Ukraine's largest chemical enterprize - Odesa Port Plant suspended (NRCU)
• Accounts of Vekselberg?s company in Ukraine are arrested (REGNUM)
• Ukraine divulges GDP growth estimate (RosBusinessConsulting)
• Holodomor: was it ethnocide? (RIA Novosti)
• EuroGas Issues Settles Litigation, Enters Into Oil and Gas Exploration Ventures (Market Wire)
• Is the Party of Regions trying to Draw NU-NS Over? (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• WHAT NOW FOR THE DONETSK STRONGMAN? (Business Ukraine)
• POSITIVE BIRTHRATE FIGURES OFFER SHORT TERM DEMOGRAPHIC RELIEF (Business Ukraine)
• Naftogaz Ukrayiny to borrow $200 million to pay off Russia?s Gazprom (Ukrainian Journal)
• Inflation this year could reach 14%, according to Kiev economist (Ukrainian Journal)
• THE RUSH TO INVEST IN KYIV LAND (Business Ukraine)

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16 October, 2007

• Ukraine: EU Membership Ambition Revived As Summit Nears (RFE/RL)
• Pro-West forces in Ukraine move quickly with parliament coalition (Earthtimes.org)
• Five parties win seats in Ukraine's new parliament (Interfax)
• Ukraine poised for new government (BBC News)
• Deja Vu in Ukraine (The Moscow Times)
• Ukraine parties reach coalition deal: report (AFP)
• Yushchenko hurries allies into Power (The Financial Times)
• Final election results give Ukraine's Orange Revolution parties a majority in parliament (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• "Orange Revolution" Coalition Holds On To Power In Ukraine (AHN News)
• Ukraine to form new government (Press TV)
• New Orange coalition shaping up in Ukraine (Russia Today)
• Ukrainian "orange" parties initial coalition agreement-1 (RIA Novosti)
• Orange Revolution Parties Will Share Power in Ukraine (The New York Times)
• Ukraine "orange" parties to form coalition, govt (Reuters/Canada.com)
• BYuT and OU-PSD signed agreement on coalition (ForUm)
• Potato prices are 2.5 times lower in Poland than in Ukraine (FreshPlaza)
• Consumption of banana and citrus fruits in Ukraine, Russia and Poland may sharply increase in season 2007/08 (Agricultural Marketing Project)
• Ukraine film festival starts in Turkmenistan (Turkmenistan.ru)
• Ukraine mourns gas blast dead (Russia Today)
• Yushchenko held meeting on state of Ukraine`s energy sector (UNIAN)
• Tymoshenko blames Russian company for gas explosion in Dnipropetrovsk (UNIAN)
• Naftogaz on negative watch on failure to publish IFRS statements for FY06- Fitch (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Congress of Azerbaijanis in Ukraine Intends to Adopt a Long-Term Development Strategy (Trend News Agency)
• ?Infopulse Ukraine? is a sponsor of the "UKRAINIAN OUTSOURCING FORUM ?2007" (WebKnowHow)
• One Third of Russians See Yanukovych as a Prime Minister (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• TYMOSHENKO AND KYRYLENKO SWORE ALLEGIANCE WITH SIGNATURES (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Court Dismisses SPU Claim (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• The First Electoral ? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• It is growing cold, isn?t it? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• EBRD offers IKEA USD 100 mln loan for Ukraine stores (IHB)
• Political nation and memory (The Day)
• Two faces of terror: A comparison between Ukraine?s 1932-33 Holodomor and the famine in the USSR in 1932-33 (The Day)
• Ex-Ukrainian Partisans Mark Anniversary (AP)

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15 October, 2007

• Ukraine's PM hopeful Tymoshenko vows to cede some powers to president if appointed (AP/ The International Herald Tribune)
• RPT-Ukraine Odessa oil refinery resumes work (Reuters)
• Eleven dead in Ukraine gas blast (AFP)
• Death toll in Ukraine gas blast rises to 13; more still missing (AP/The International Herald)
• Tymoshenko Knows Who to Blame For Explosion (Interfax-Ukraine/Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Ukraine nationalists rally in support of WW2 insurgents (Russia Today)
• Ex-Ukrainian Partisans Mark Anniversary (AP)
• Scuffles break out in Ukrainian WW2 guerrilla demo (Reuters)
• Clashes in Kiev over Ukrainian Insurgent Army (Euronews.net)
• Ukrainian nationalists honour anti-Soviet guerrillas (Gulf Times)
• Ukrainian Communists protest against Yushchenko order (Itar-Tass)
• Coalition Games. Part II (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Lutsenko Suggests That Yekhanurov Should Vacate His Seat (Interfax-Ukraine/UkrayinskaPrawda)
• Constitutional players in what is no game (maidan.org.ua)
• CEC Takes For Consideration Protocols Of All 225 District Electoral Commissions (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Accord on Ukraine government put off (Reuters)
• Analysis: E. Europe offers transit routes (UPI)
• Prying open the Ukraine investment door (Czech Business Weekly)
• Polish Pekao to take control of UniCredit Ukrainian operation ? report (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Billionaires in broadcasting, the Eastern way (followthemedia.com)
• Blog: CSR in Ukraine on the rise, time for the big companies to step up (Ethical Corporation)
• Gazprom disciplines the future Ukrainian coalition (EastWeek)
• Ukraine: President Yushchenko calls for agreementbetween the coalition and the opposition (EastWeek)
• The Ukrainian president proposes repealing the Lawon Government and amending the Constitution (EastWeek)

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12 October, 2007

• Ukraine's president says he knows who next prime minister will be (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Yushchenko Guarantees Energy Transit (The Moscow Times)
• Viktor Yushchenko seeks closer ties with Slovakia (ForUm)
• Yushchenko presents list of Slovaks who died in post-WWII Ukraine (The Slovak Spectator)
• Ukraine accuses Russia of applying political pressure in gas dispute (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Gazprom nudges EU over limits to expansion plans (Reuters)
• Ukraine: The Mysterious Gas Debt to Gazprom (RFE/RL)
• Ukraine eyes dropping RosUkrEnergo (Earthtimes,com)
• Energy Summit of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland to be Held in Vilnius on October 10-11 (Reuters/USACC)
• Leaders Discuss New Pipeline in Vilnius (Civil Georgia/Georgian Times)
• Finding - or erasing - Ukraine's Jews? (Ha'aretz)
• Ukraine: Why Yulia Tymoshenko Is A Political Zero (The Exile)
• Pipeline Politics and Economics in Russia's Neighbors (Stratford)
• Personal ambition no, government yes (Post Kyiv)
• BYuT Has Candidates for All Posts (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine accuses Moscow of political pressure on oil issue (Petroleuworld.com)
• Ukraine Leader Says Knows Name of Post (Reuters)
• Ukraine, EU strive for closer military cooperation (Itar-Tass)
• Armed Forces of Ukraine ready for fulfilling peacekeeping tasks under auspices of European Union (NRCU)
• Rival Orthodox churches clash over treasured monastery in Ukraine (AP/The International Herald Tribune)

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11 October, 2007

• The agreement finds a way for Kiev to pay off its billion-euro debt without the gas giant cutting off its supply (Business Week)
• BELARUS SEEKS RUSSIAN GAS DEAL AFTER UKRAINE (Agenzia Giornalistica Italia)
• Gazprom strikes gas debt deal with Kyiv By Staff and wire reports (Kyiv Post)
• Yulia Tymoshenko may repudiate Russia-Ukraine gas agreement (Pravda.Ru)
• EU welcomes Russian-Ukrainian deal on gas payments dispute (People's Daily Online)
• Ukraine-Gazprom crisis averted, for now (EurActiv)
• Russian FM denies Ukraine gas debt was political (Russia Today)
• Russia Told Yanukovych How to Integrate Ukraine (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Election winners, losers, and who will come to rule Ukraine (Kyiv Post)
• Mistakes of Yanukovych?s Advisers (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Five ex-communist countries sign oil pipeline deal bypassing Russia (AFP)
• Study: Ukraine ranked 18th among FDI-attracting countries (Kyiv Post)
• Ukrainian tycoons leap up in billionaires rating (Kyiv Post)
• Addressing the capture of Ukraine by special interest groups (Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine's president visits Slovakia (AP/The International Herald Trubune)
• Ukraine's Interpipe: Preparing London IPO For May-June, 2008 (CNN)
• Ukraine macroeconomic situation-September 2007 (UNIAN)
• Ukraine: Marat Gelman's Notes (Global Voices Online)
• Ukraine and Poland set up visa free zone (ForUm)
• East: Making Sense Of Post-Soviet Alphabet Soup By Claire Bigg (RFE/RL)
• Five Countries Sign Agreement for Oil Pipeline (AP/Wall Street Journal)
• HSBC seeking expansion opportunities in Ukraine (Kyiv Post)
• CAN TYMOSHENKO LIVE WITH A GRAND COALITION? (Eurasia Daily News Monitor)
• Putin Called On Kiev to Remember about Debt (Kommersant)

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10 October, 2007

• Putin vows to further ties with Ukraine (People?s Daily Online)
• Tymoshenko offers posts to Regions Party (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine Averts Russian Gas Crisis (Market Scan/Forbes)
• Russia-Ukraine gas row settled (The Press Association)
• EU's Piebalgs:Watch Ukraine/Russia gas deal closely (Reuters)
• Gazprom, Ukraine Agree to Settle Natural-Gas Debt (Bloomberg)
• Moscow, Kiev reach gas deal as Ukraine PM visits Russia (AFP)
• Russia settles dispute over Ukraine gas debt (The Financial Times)
• Gazprom builds another gas pipeline bypassing Ukraine (AFX News/Forbes)
• Ukraine to be member of EU, it is only matter of time ? Yushchenko (UNIAN)
• It has biegun (The Day)
• Ukraine: sustainable development and prospects (The Day)
• Ukraine?s new constitution should be drafted in the first half of 2008 (UNIAN)
• Ukraine scaring off potential investors (The Day)
• A Democratic ABC for Ukrainian politicians with learning problems (maidan.org.ua)
• The 2007 early parliamentary elections: a general assessment (maidan.org.ua)
• Vitrenko Urging Party Of Regions, Communist Party MPs To Demand New Snap Election (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Give Tymoshenko her opportunity (The Edmonton Journal)
• Yushchenko Says Referendum of 2004 and 2007 Will Differ (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• GUAM Youth Forum to be registered in Justice Ministry of Ukraine (Azeri Press Agency)
• Ukrainian businessman Pinchuk invests in Clinton Global Initiative (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukrainian bishops address evangelization, youths, priestly formation (Catholic News Service)
• Official: Danube river in Ukraine polluted by unknown substance (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Russia-Ukraine trade may approach $30 bln in 2007 - PM Zubkov (RIA Novosti)

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9 October, 2007

• French president to visit Ukraine in first half of 2008 (RIA Novosti)
• ECE to invest ?1 billion into Ukraine & Russia (Dah)
• British - Ukrainian society to lobby interests of Ukraine in EU (ForUm)
• Ukraine commission weighs claims to church properties (CWNews.com)
• In Ukraine, fiery Tymoshenko revives Orange hopes (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Ukrainian President Urges Parties to Present Coalition Proposals Within 5 Days (VOA News)
• UPDATE 1-Ukraine leader gives politicians 5 days on govt (Reuters)
• Ukraine's president gives five days for coalition talks (AFX News Limited/Forbes)
• Ukraine's pro-Western parties signal readiness to share power with Yanukovych (AP/The International Herald Tribune)
• Ukranian president asks parties for coalition government, PM proposals (People's Daily Online)
• New Orange coalition to blossom in Ukraine? (Russia Today)
• Ukraine: the ultimate clash (Equilibri.net)
• No decision regarding shaping coalition can be made until final returns of elections are announced, Premier says (NRCU)
• Creating coalition must begin only after official results are announced ? Yanukovych (UNIAN)
• Analysis: Ukraine faces next political crisis?(Azeri Press Agency)
• Nothing personal (Zerkalo nedeli)
• YANUKOVYCH BEGINS THINKING ABOUT OPPOSITION (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Coalition Games (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Ukraine: First Post-Election analysis (Polish Radio)
• Ukraine: Tymoshenko on top (ISN Security Watch)
• Ukrainian president sets deadline for election compromise (Reuters/The International Herald Tribune)
• Ukraine settles Russian gas row (BBC News)
• EU needs to find energy supply alternatives (Gulf News)
• Timetable for repayment agreed with Ukraine: Gazprom (Russia Today)
• Gazprom says gas debt payment scheme coordinated with Ukraine -1 (RIA Novosti)
• FOCUS Gazprom/Ukraine gas supply dispute unlikely to be resolved by Nov 1 (AFX News)
• Who Owes Whom and for What? (Zerkalo nedeli)
• Problem of Debt to Gazprom to Be Solved (Kommersant)
• Greece intends to develop business relations with South Ukraine (NRCU)
• Nortel Extends Next-Gen Mobile Broadband Network in Ukraine (TMCnet)

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8 October, 2007

• Parliamentary elections in Ukraine (EastWeek)
• Russia: Informal pressure on Ukraine following the election (EastWeek)
• Ukraine Naftogaz says can meet transit commitments (Reuters)
• Ukraine approves Ukrenergo, Hungary's Emfesz JV (Reuters)
• Count of votes over in Ukraine (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine: Full results in - but still no government (AFP)
• Ukraine Election Commission announce election results (Azeri-Press Agency)
• Ukraine's Pro-West Bloc Wins Majority (AP)
• It?s official: narrow win for Ukraine?s pro-West (Gulf Times)
• Ukraine Christians Anxious Amid Uncertainty Over Orange Election Results (Journal Chretien)
• Sarkozy Courts Putin-Wary Leaders (AP/ The Moscow Times)
• Ukraine PM to visit Russia for gas talks (AFX News Limited)
• There is a new war, says analyst (Independent Online)
• Orange bloc 'wins Ukraine ballot' (BBC News)
• Ukraine leader says accord needed for a stable assembly (Murphy Reuters)
• Imbalance of Powers (Transitions Online)
• Havel wants pro-western coalition in Ukraine (CTK)
• Not even after this election will all turn orange in Ukraine (Czech Business Weekly)
• Yushchenko losing grip on Ukraine (AP/Washington Times)
• THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RETURNS IN UKRAINE (Eurasian Home)
• ORANGE REVOLUTION BACK ON TRACK AFTER UKRAINE ELECTION (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Orange and free (World Magazine)
• Dispatches from Ukraine (European Parliament)
• Orange revival or more of the same? (UNIAN)
• UKRAINE: 'Just Start Governing, Please' (Inter Press Service)
• Yushchenko's call for coalition stirs controversy in Ukraine (Reuters)
• Russia denies politics involved in Ukraine gas debt issue (Interfax)
• Post-Soviet Energy Blues: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan (New Europe)
• Three tendencies (The Day)
• 'The braid' is crowning glory for the Ukranian politician Yulia Tymoshenko (The International Herald Tribune)
• 'Confessions' document Holocaust in Ukraine (The International Herald Tribune)

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5 October, 2007

• Yushchenko Supporters in Ukraine Reject Coalition With Opposition (VOA News)
• Timoshenko Is Winner of Yushchenko-Yanukovych Tussle (Bloomberg)
• Ukraine's Pro-West Allies in Talks (AP)
• FACTBOX - After Ukrainian polls, which government now? (Reuters)
• Oranges and lemons (The Economist)
• No End to Ukraine's Political Turmoil in Sight, Experts Say (Moscow News)
• Yushchenko seeks to make allies of old enemies (Guardian Unlimited)
• Securing an Orange Victory (The New York Sun)
• Orange parties ignore call for coalition with Yanukovich (Itar-Tass)
• Jigsaw puzzle of power after Ukrainian elections (Russia Today)
• Ukraine president wants "orange" coalition, without PM (RIA Novosti)
• Premier Viktor Yanukovych meets with US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor (NRCU)
• Regions Party Eager to Close Ranks with Our Ukraine Kommersant, 4 October 2007
• Yulia Timoshenko?s Bloc plans no talks with Regions Party (REGNUM)
• The queen of Ukraine's image machine (BBC News)
• INTERVIEW-Ukraine IPOs to reach $3bln in 2008 - Dragon Capital (Reuters)
• Yanukovych: We propose wide coalition (ForUm)
• Democracy, Soviet-style (The Economist)
• Ukraine's orange team returns (The Washington Times)
• Ukraine, Lithuania discuss preparations for energy summit (Itar-Tass)
• Gazprom says Ukraine cut gas consumption this week (Reuters)
• Erste to Spend 400 Mln Eur in Ukraine ? Report (Reuters)

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4 October, 2007

• Yushchenko knocks Gazprom shutoff threat (Ukrainian Journal)
• Russia, Ukraine agree on gas debt (www.chinaview.cn)
• Ukraine: Gazprom Sends Message To Nascent Parliament (RFE/RL)
• Gazprom, Ukraine agree on payment of gas debt by Nov 1 (AFX News Limited)
• Ukraine president says no debts owed to Gazprom (ABC News)
• A call by Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko for the country's feuding political parties to strike a deal on a ruling coalition has so far gone unheeded (EuroNews)
• Ukraine Denies Gas Debt to Gazprom (VOA News)
• Russia seeks to ease EU fears in Ukraine gas dispute (AFP)
• Tymoshenko will pay gas debt to Russia in two months, if appointed PM (Interfax)
• Pay up, or we will cut gas, Russia tells Ukraine (Hindustan Times)
• EU concerned over latest gas supply dispute between Ukraine and Russia's Gazprom the (International Herald Tribune/AP)
• EU says sees Gazprom as reliable supplier (Reuters)
• Ukraine energy minister heads to Moscow (Business Week/AP) 2007
• Gazprom Threatens Ukraine With Cut to Natural-Gas Supply (The Wall Street Journal)
• Russian Gazprom is reliable energy supplier (TLTnews.net)
• EU to hold extraordinary gas group meeting (Luypaert EUobserver)
• Proven German legal practices don?t always work in Kyiv (Kyiv Post)
• Siemens: orders up despite imperfect business conditions, state controls ((Kyiv Post)
• Ukraine leader wants feuding parties to talk on govt (Reuters)
• Ukraine parties launch coalition talks (AFP)
• Tymoshenko reels in major victory (Kyiv Post)
• President outlines policy priorities (Kyiv Post)
• Ukrainian President Says Coalition Talks Should Begin (VOA News)
• TIMELINE: Ukraine's politics since Orange Revolution (Reuters)
• FACTBOX: Main players in Ukraine party politics (Reuters)
• Ukraine looks to unity government (Al Jazeera)
• The Ukrainian saga (The Boston Globe/The International Herald Tribune)
• Statement by President Yushchenko Regarding Fromation of a Coalition (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Yushchenko was misunderstood? (ForUm)
• What Is to Be Expected From Tymoshenko?s Premiership (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine: Timoshenko's Promise to 'Clean House' (Stratfor)
• Symonenko wants speaker job (Kyiv Weekly)
• Ukraine ready to host conference on chemical weapons pact, official tells UN (UN News Centre)
• Ukraine calls on U.N. to denounce 1930s famine (Reuters)

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3 October, 2007

• Ukraine energy firm DTEK plans Eurobond in Nov (Reuters)
• Ukraine: No gas price rise in cards (United Press International)
• Telenor, Alfa end Ukraine acquisition battle: paper (Reuters)
• Ukraine?s poll returns not to affect RF gas export price ? envoy (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine government puts under control gas debt problem (Itar-Tass)
• Andre Kurkov on the European idea in Ukraine (die tageszeitung)
• Ukraine's Sevastopol Braces for Exit of Russian Fleet (Bloomberg)
• AKHMETOV EXPANDS STEEL AND IRON HOLDINGS ON THE EVE OF UKRAINE?S ELECTIONS (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Ukraine marks 66th anniversary of Nazi massacre at Babi Yar ravine (International Herald Tribune/AP)
• Thugs assault rabbi in Ukraine (Yewish World)
• Kremlin threatens to cut off Ukraine's gas again this winter (Times Online)
• Gazprom Growls as Kiev Counts Votes (The Moscow Times)
• Yulia Timoshenko?s adviser: Gazprom?s statement is tough pressure upon Ukraine (REGNUM)
• Our Ukraine nominates candidate for post of speaker of Ukrainian parliament (REGNUM)
• Gazprom to cut gas supply to Ukraine if debt not cleared by end of October (Interfax)
• Russia issues gas ultimatum to Ukraine (The Guardian)
• Greece's NBG eyes Ukraine, Russian, Egyptian markets (Reuters)
• Democracy upsets Vladimir Putin (Telegraph.co.uk)
• Gazprom announces Ukraine gas deal By Catherine (The Financial Times)
• US says prepared to work with any government in Ukraine (AFP)

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30 September 2007

• SPECIAL ISSUE: Pre-term Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine, 30 September 2007

SPECIAL ISSUE: Pre-term Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine 30 September 2007

26 September, 2007

• Ukraine eyes energy efficiency (Earthtimes.org)
• Ukraine: Energy profile (EnerPub)
• U.S. Congressman Hastings and Senator Cardin urge stability in Ukraine (UNIAN)
• German Investors Seeking Stable Ukraine (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Yushchenko?s, Tymoshenko?s and Yanukovych?s Arsenals in a Legal War (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Poles want easier flights to Russia and Ukraine (pb.pl)
• New ?Road Map? of Ukrainian ? American relations to be prepared (UNIAN)
• Ukraine to Vote on Eastern Europe's Fate (CBNNews.com)
• Jeronimo Martins eyes Romania, Ukraine expansion (Reuters)
• Naftogaz Ukraine to begin drilling in Egypt, Libya this year (Interfax)
• Star power drives Ukraine?s politics (Gulf Times/AFP)
• Ukraine democracy needs U.S. help (The Baltimore Sun)
• International observers to monitor Ukrainian elections (RIA Novosti)
• Kharkov governor knows what price of Russian gas for Ukraine will be (REGNUM)
• Ukrainian parliamentary speaker discloses plot of oligarchs against leftist forces (REGNUM)
• Tabachnyk: NATO accession may turn Ukraine into terrorist target (Kyiv Weekly)
• Yushchenko Gambles on Ukrainian Voters to Revive His Revolution (Bloomberg)
• Pre-election Situation in Ukraine Tense due to Party of Regions? Uncertainty: Ukrainian Expert (TREND News Agency)
• Ukraine election campaign heat up - fistfights and ghost voters (dpa/EUX.tv)
• The EU's invisible helping hand in Ukraine (EUobserver)
• PACE to observe parliamentary elections in Ukraine (Council of Europe/Press release)
• Our Ukraine People?s Self-Defense Says Chernovetskyi Buying Votes For Party Of Regions In Kyiv (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Party Of Regions Accuses BYT Of Making Preparations For Disruption Of Vote In East And South Of Ukraine (Ukrainian News Agency)
• President: PM responsible for fair elections (ForUm)
• Ukraine-EU Visa Regime: Doesn?t Europe want too much? (Zerkalo Nedeli)

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25 September, 2007

• Legality of privatization in Ukraine is in doubt again (UNIAN, 24 September 2007)
• German Economics minister travels to Moldova, Ukraine (Earthtimes.org, 24 September 2007)
• Naftogaz of Ukraine eager to do business with Beltransgaz, Belorusneft (bbj.hu, 24 September 2007)
• On September 25 Brussels will host second joint session of Ukraine - EU sub-committee for customs and transborder cooperation (NRCU, 24 September 2007)
• Ukraine poll could end Orange Revolution By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow (Telegraph.co.uk , 24 September 2007)
• Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" duo fight disillusion (24 September 2007)
• Ukrainians Reject Proportional Representation (Angus Reid Global Monitor, 25 September 2007)
• Voter apathy could hit Ukraine elections (Russia Today, 25 September 2007)
• Countdown to election as pensioners prepare for the counter-revolution By Luke Harding in Ostroh (The Guardian, 24 September 2007)
• Ex-PM seeks a return to office (Reuters, 24 September 2007)
• Heating subventions. The state is not helping cities prepare for the heating season (The Day, 25 September 2007)
• Yatsenyuk invited Rice to Ukraine (ForUm, 24 September 2007)
• BYuT collected 7 million signatures for referendum (ForUm, 24 September 2007)
• Economics of pre-election promises (Zerkalo nedeli, # 35 (664) 22 ? 28 September 2007)
• Finances and Political Romances (Zerkalo nedeli # 35 (664) 22 ? 28 September 2007)
• Use of government resources still at issue in Ukraine elections (The Ukrainian Weekly, 23 September 2007)
• Observers of Ukraine?s elections express concern about preparations, voting day (The Ukrainian Weekly, 23 September 2007)
• Kyiv Decides To Prevent Pupils And Students From Participating In Political Events During Education Process (Ukrainian News Agency, 24 September 2007)
• Ukrainian electorate prepares for counter-revolution By Luke Harding (Gulf Times/Guardian, 25 September 2007)
• IFC Study Tour Helps Ukraine?s Fruit Industry Develop Best Practices (WebWire, 24 September 2007)
• AP Interview: Ukraine committed to EU integration regardless of election results, minister says (live-PR.com/AP, 24 September 2007)
• Ukraine?s chance (The Financial Times, 24 September 2007)
• UKRAINIAN POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE RUN UP TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS (Eurasian Home, 24 September 2007)
• Alleged election fraud in Ukraine (Independent Online, 24 September 2007)
• ELECTION OBSERVERS DESCEND ON UKRAINE (Business Ukraine, 24 September 2007)
• PROGRESS ALONG THE ROCKY ROAD TO DEMOCRACY (Business Ukraine, 24 September 2007)

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24 September, 2007

• Ukraine: Last opinion polls before the election (EastWeek)
• Ukraine on the introduction of visa charges by Poland (EastWeek)
• Oligarchs loom over Ukraine polls (Financial Times)
• Margaret Thatcher meets Yulia Tymoshenko (Telegrach.co.uk)
• Thatcher blesses Ukraine iron lady (The Sunday Times)
• Mrs T meets Mrs T for a nice cup of tea (Times Online)
• Yulia Tymoshenko and Margaret Thatcher Hold Private Meeting (CNW)
• Ukraine's DataGroup raises 21 mln usd in private placement (Interfax)
• Russia, Ukraine Consolidate Aircraft Construction (Kommersant)
• "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" bloc to sue actions of Interior Ministry (NRCU)
• Ukraine ?enraged? by EU visa comments (theparliament.com)
• Vimpelcom aims to double Ukraine market share (TeleGeography)
• Ukraine condemns terrorist acts in Beirut (UNIAN)
• Ukraine enraged by comments of EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (UNIAN)
• East European immigrants fuel return of servant class (The Independent)
• People traveling to Belarusian rock festival in Ukraine turned back by police, artists allowed to cross border after six-hour detention (??????????? ???????)
• Babi Yar WWII massacre commemorated in Ukraine (FOCUS News Agency)
• Cabinet of Ministers doesn?t want to support Russian language? (ForUm)
• Ukraine and EU to hold consultations about free trade (ForUm)
• YUSHCHENKO IS FORBIDDEN TO AGITATE FOR NU-NS (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Yushchenko to Dispute With CEC (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Yulia Tymoshenko: ?If Our Ukraine Forms Coalition With the Party of Regions We Will Get Ready for the Presidential Election? (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Tymoshenko Bloc Accuses Regions Party Of Using Administrative Resources In Arranging Meetings With Electorate (Ukrainian News Agency)
• MP Sivkovych Accusing Presidential Secretariat Of Use Of Security Service In Election Campaign (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Ukrainian foreign minister: Ukrainian and Russian relations will not be pro-Russian any longer (REGNUM)

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21 September, 2007

• Fund the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (The Ukrainian Weekly)
• Government endorsed State Target Program of Ukraine`s rural development (UNIAN)
• More than half of foreign experts support early election in Ukraine ? poll (UNIAN)
• International Observers' Liaison Group Observes the Transparency of the Elections in Ukraine (Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of Party of Regions)
• Vimpelcom aims to double Ukraine market share (Reuters)
• Ukraine PM says no gas spat with Russia (Earthtimes.org)
• Ukrainian top legislator warns of possible recurrence of political turmoil (People?s Daily, Sinhua)
• Moroz predicts political crisis (ForUm)
• Investment promises in the pre election campaign (Polish Radio)
• Tymoshenko Warns About Falsifications (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• PRU Named One More Reason for Election Derangement (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ferrexpo looks for partner for Ukraine mines (The Financial Times)
• Regions Party statement on possible election boycott demoralizing their supporters, experts say (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Lytvyn: Stop Exhausting Donbas! (Ukrainian News Agency)
• CEC Registers 493 Foreign Observers For Parliamentary Elections (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Moscow sends poison for Yushchenko probe (AFP)
• Ukrainian leader: Russia impeding poisoning probe (Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe)
• Who is there to vote against?(Kyiv Weekly)
• Regions prove they cannot change (Kyiv Post)
• Europe?s Greens criticize $505 million Chernobyl plant shelter deal (Ukrainian Journal)
• Money that does not smell politics (Kyiv Weekly)
• Expert: Political menu offered to Ukrainian electorate is absolutely uneatable (REGNUM)
• Ukraine hosts NATO exercise (UNIAN)

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20 September, 2007

• Chernomyrdin Let Ukraine Set the Tone (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• China's AVIC II unit signs airplane engineering JV with Ukraine's Antonov (AFX News Limited)
• Grain Traders look beyond painful export restrictions (Kyiv Post)
• Privat group ups ante in Aussie bid (Kyiv Post)
• GM, Ukraine?s Ukravto in talks over Polish plant (Kyiv Post)
• Moscow to send poison to Ukraine for Yushchenko inquiry (AFP)
• Ukraine rejects Russian proposal in Yushchenko poisoning investigation (The Associated Press)
• Russian Prosecutor General's Office sends reply to Kyiv on Yushchenko poisoning inquiry (Interfax)
• WILL RUSSIA HELP INVESTIGATE YUSHCHENKO POISONING? (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• EU-Ukraine summit successful, joint free trade deal still hangs on WTO (Kyiv Post)
• Commerzbank Pays Big For Ukraine Firm (Forbes)
• Ukraine should stop large companies from buying up land ? Yanukovych (Interfax)
• President predicts democratic victory (ForUm)
• Bogatyryova commented on future coalition (ForUm)
• Tymoshenko Goes Hard on Akhmetov?s Heirs (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Yushchenko Against Referendum Initiatives (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Waiting for Northern Neighbor (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Yanukovych expects to remain in office for five years (The Ukrainian Weekly)
• Regions Party Might Not Participate Rada Elections (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Our Ukraine People?s Self-Defense Doubts Voters Lists In Luhansk Correct (Ukrainian News Agency)

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19 September, 2007

• Head of State signed declaration on Ukraine's joining joint nuclear energy and non-proliferation initiative of USA and Russia (NRCU)
• Orange gear a no-no in Ukraine (The Scotsman)
• Ukraine should stop large companies from buying up land ? Yanukovych (Interfax)
• Orange still makes Ukraine PM see red (Reuters)
• NATO and Ukraine: At the crossroads (NATO Review)
• Commerzbank in $600m Ukraine buy (The Financial Times)
• Commerzbank Buys 60% Of Ukraine's Bank Forum By RAGNHILD KJETLAND (The Wall Street Journal)
• CIS: Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan Cities Among World's Dirtiest (RFE/RL)
• A constructive summit. The European Union believes in its relations with Ukraine (The Day)
• Yatseniuk comments on foreign-policy bloc?s objectives (ForUm)
• Yanukovych will not permit officials to enrich themselves at the expense of people (ForUm)
• CVU slams referendum chitchat (Kyiv Post)
• BYuT and NU-NS to Ignore Moroz?s Session (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Akhmetov Will Have His Own ?Vote Count? on September 30 (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Lutsenko Supports a Strong President (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Constitutional Court Launches Consideration Of Constitutionality Of Absentee Ballot Use At Rada Elections (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Katerynchuk Favors Return To Majority Or Mixed Election System For Rada Vote (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Our Ukraine-People?s Self-Defense Bloc Reports Attack On Head Of Its District Campaign Headquarters In Luhansk (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Lazarenko Eighth Of Most Corrupted World Leaders In Rating By World Bank And United Nations (Ukrainian News Agency)
• President slams government over grain policy (Ukrainian Observer Online)
• Ukraine plans to double nuclear energy production by 2030 (RIA Novosti)
• No Orange for Yanukovych (Reuters)

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18 September, 2007

• $505 Million Deal for Chernobyl Shelter (AP)
• Ukraine, West firms sign deal to solve Chernobyl ills (China Daily)
• New shell to cover deadly Chernobyl (Agence France Presse)
• Ukraine leaders make poll appeals in strongholds (Reuters Donetsk)
• Chernobyl to be covered in steel (BBC News)
• Ukraine firms deal with west over Chernobyl site (Herald Sun)
• EU leaders bring few goodies to Ukraine (European Voice)
• Ukraine signs a deal for new shield at site of Chernobyl accident (AP)
• Ukraine signs international deals to secure Chernobyl NPP (RIA Novosti)
• Left parties are ready to support CPU (ForUm)
• Russia's Black Sea Fleet Guarantees Stability, Order in Crimea (Kommersant)
• Rybachuk takes part in Visby conference (ForUm)
• Construction of spent fuel nuclear storage facility to be started in Ukraine without permission of Supreme Rada (Regnum)
• CEC has registered 880 observers (ForUm)
• Ukraine to extend stay of Black Sea fleet of RF in Crimea? (ForUm)
• Yanukovych calls not to trust politicos and populists (ForUm)
• Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant, French Novarka ink new containment shell deal for reactor (Interfax)
• Ukraine to Preserve Chernobyl (Prensa Latina)
• President opens business forum in Kyiv (UNIAN)
• Ukraine`s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable to take place in Washington
• (UNIAN)
• EU hopes to discuss Free Trade Zone issue with Ukraine in October (Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits)
• Trends and opinion polls reveal shifting voter preferences in Ukraine (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Lutsenko Declared the ?Star Wars' (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Germany's Commerzbank Acquires Majority Interest in Ukraine's Bank Forum
• (Ukrainian Observer Online)

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17 September, 2007

• EU calls for stable government in Ukraine (AFP)
• EU urges further Ukraine reform (United Press International)
• Yushchenko Wants a New Coalition to Be Born Quickly (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine and EU Set a New Visa Regime (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• EU warns Ukraine on upcoming elections (EUobserver)
• EU-Ukraine summit focuses on parliamentary elections (New Europe)
• EU calls for stable government in Ukraine (BBJ)
• Promises, but no change in Ukraine (Toronto Star)
• Orange princess tackles the two Viktors in fight to ?save the revolution' (The Times)
• Ukrainian PM blames president for disregarding constitution (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Who poisoned the president? (Toronto Star)
• Fewer Canadians to monitor vote(Toronto Star)
• Ukraine to remember dead reporter (BBC News)
• Yanukovych cabinet spent only 2-3% of this year's sum to promote Ukrainian language ? Yushchenko (UNIAN)
• President calls on democrats to unite (UNIAN)
• BYUT not to initiate snap election of President (UNIAN)
• Lutsenko: I will be prime minister (UNIAN)
• Political will lacking to solve Gongadze murder (UNIAN)
• Ukraine doesn't plan isotope enrichment of uranium (Itar-Tass)
• Ukraine leaders make election appeals (Reuters)
• Moratorium continues. May continue because of absence of land market laws (The Day)
• Foreign Ministry optimistically estimates Ukraine-EU negotiations process
• (Forum)
• Yushchenko calls Ukrainians to vote according to conscience(Forum)
• Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant has signed agreements with Novarka and
• Holtec International(Forum)
• At EU summit, Ukrainian president calls for closer ties (AP)
• Election Without Choice (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• The 2007 Elections Will Decide Who Wins 2009 and The Fate of the Orange Revolution (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• PRU Does Not Feel Like Explaining NATO Mission (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Javier Solana: "This is the time for political leaders to show their responsibility for the country's future" (Zerkalo nedeli)
• Party Of Regions Collects 3 Million Signatures In Support Of Referendum On Status Of Russian Language And Non-Aligned Status Of Ukraine (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Can Ukraine avoid election chaos? (Business Ukraine)
• The Eastern front(Business Ukraine)
• EU presses Ukraine on upcoming elections (EurActiv)

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13,14 September, 200

• Journalist's Murder Unsolved in Ukraine (AP)
• Business schools need professional faculty, international standardization (Kyiv Post)
• Russia agrees to cooperate with Ukraine on probe into Yushchenko's poisoning (AP)
• Ukraine's medical sector needs "deep reforms" ? Yushchenko (UNIAN)
• EU Wants To Deepen Cooperation With Ukraine (RFE/RL)
• Ukraine - will the election end the turmoil ? (dtt-net)
• Summit opens key period for Ukraine (EuroNews)
• EU summit monitors Ukraine gains (BBC News)
• Ukraine: consolidating change (Guardian)
• EU and Ukraine likely to facilitate visa regime by end of 2007 (RIA Novosti)
• EU offers Ukraine closer ties to Brussels (The Financial Times)
• EU leaders urge quick cabinet formation, political stability in Ukraine (AP)
• EU to Ukraine: Finish Election,Get on With Reforms (Reuters)
• Yushchenko expects to obtain agreements "on certain practical issues" from the EU (Regnum)
• Gas transit to Europe via Ukraine drops 10.4% in 8 mths (Interfax)
• Ukraine's EU aspirations in vain?(Polish Radio)
• Yanukovych calls on Ukrainian citizens to vote against NATO (UNIAN)
• Russian Ambassador`s comments on Yushchenko's poisoning are his personal point of view (UNIAN)

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12 September, 2007

• European Commission president to attend EU-Ukraine summit (RIA Novosti)
• Ukraine's economy is surprisingly in good shape - for now (International Herald Tribune)
• New Elections, Old Poison in Ukraine (Kommersant)
• Ferrero-Waldner calls for constitutional reform in Ukraine (New Europe)
• Almost 30% of voters ready to support Yanukovych at upcoming election ? poll (UNIAN)

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11 September, 2007

• Ukraine: Russia blocking poison plot probe (Times Online)
• The poison was Russian: Yushchenko (Agence France-Presse)
• Yuschenko Blames Biz Before Elections (Forbes)
• Mining magnate to invest ?50m in Ukraine (icWales)
• Russia, Ukraine & Kazakh banks face tight liquidity and market risks - S&P (AFX News Limited)
• MTG in JV with Strong Media Group to launch Viasat Ukraine TV operator (AFX News Limited)
• India's Infosys says Finacle product selected by Ukraine's Nadra Bank (AFX News Limited)
• Tymoshenko: Honestly about the main (ForUm)
• Lutsenko predicts provocations from PR (ForUm)
• Yanukovych hopes PR will form coalition (ForUm)
• Stavniychuk holds press briefing (ForUm)
• A License for Deceit (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Tymoshenko Said Investors in White T-Shirts Will Be More Welcome (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Unspoken (Zerkalo nedeli)
• Defensive capacity in the mirror of political declarations (Zerkalo nedeli)
• Dnipro flows into the Donetsk Sea: under formal government control, Public Limited Company Dniproenergo is incorporated to DFEC (Zerkalo nedeli)
• Theater of the absurd (Zerkalo nedeli)
• Gongadze case: seven years of human tragedy and political "dancing on the bones" (Zerkalo nedeli)
• High Administrative Court Upholds Court Decision On CEC's Cancellation Of Pora Registration For Rada's Election (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Yanukovych Admiring To Work As Premier In New Cabinet Of Ministers (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Cabinet Concerned With Complication Of Visa Regime With EU And Conditions Of Ukrainian Enterprises' Operation In European Markets(Ukrainian News Agency)
• Yushchenko: No Russia Stake in Ukraine (Ukrainian Observer Online)

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10 September, 2007

• Language divides Ukraine (Russia Today)
• PRU First to Consult on Language (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• MiG 27 deal: Bribery officials to visit Ukraine and Britain (Daily Mirror)
• Ukraine's future hangs in the balance (New Europe)
• Enter the Welsh Dragon in Ukraine (The Sunday Times)
• Elderly Ukrainians Testify on Holocaust (AP)
• Ukraine making tough decisions for a better future (The Korea Herald)
• President gave interview to FT (ForUm)
• Threat of Restoration in Ukraine (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Moroz Forecasts Fifth Parliament Will Consider 2008 State Budget After September 20 (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Tarasiuk Ready To Become Foreign Minister If Tymoshenko Bloc And Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc Form New Parliamentary Coalition (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Party Of Regions Favors Two-Chamber Parliament (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Political situation in Ukraine exacerbating: As many as six political forces aspire to parliament already (REGNUM)
• Yushchenko accuses rival over referendum (The Financial Times)
• Big gaps in practice and experience (The Financial Times)
• Ukraine elections: primaries would bring voters closer to politics (ICPS)
• Ukraine will not give Russia a stake in its gas transportation system (UNIAN)
• TELL ?EM SOMETHING THEY DON'T KNOW (Eurasian Home)
• Tymoshenko Pledges Tax Cuts, Asset Sales to Boost Ukraine's GDP (Bloomberg)
• Tymoshenko Bloc Promising To Refund Citizens' Depreciated Deposits Within Two Years If Elected Into Rada (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Party Of Regions, Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine People's Self-Defense Bloc, Communist Party, Lytvyn Bloc, Progressive Socialist Party And Socialist Party To Enter Rada (Ukrainian News Agency)

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7 September, 2007

• Inflation in Ukraine at 0.6% in August (Interfax)
• Ukraine: The idea of letting Russia take over. Ukraine's gas pipelines is revisited (East Week)
• Ukraine's Interpipe to invest $760 mln by 2009 (Reuters)
• Harbor Springs man helps fight abuse and human trafficking in Ukraine (Petoskey News-Review)
• Scopus and Kvant-Efir Selected by Ukraine's RRT to Deploy Country's First MPEG-4 DTT Network (CNN Money)
• Ukraine's Regions Party canvassing signatures for referendum (Itar-Tass)
• Prodan held press briefing (ForUm)
• Europe hopes Ukrainian politicians to recognize elections results (ForUm)
• Tsushko calls Party of Regions initiative "political bluff" (ForUm)
• Symonenko: "oranges" and "regions" hold negotiations on wide coalition (ForUm)
• Party of Regions started collecting signatures for referendum (photo) (ForUm)
• Yanukovych proposed Dnipropetrovsk authorities to conclude agreement (ForUm)
• Ukrainian president signs decree on natural gas talks (Interfax-Ukraine)
• September 31 (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Moroz Rejects the President's Signing Authority (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Illusion of Choice (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• CEC Promises PACE It Will Clarify Procedures For Voting At Home To Election Commissions (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Ukraine To Push For European Prospect At September 14 Ukraine-EU Summit (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Poland Promises To Make Issuance Of Schengen Visas To Ukrainians As Easy As Possible (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Experts: Positions Of Party Of Regions Faction At Kyiv City Council To Be Strengthened (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Russia does not want to give Yanukovich unreserved support (RIA Novosti)
• Elections will not resolve Ukraine's political crisis (Dawn)
• Russia's Lukoil to invest 1 billion in Ukraine plastics plant (Earthtimes)
• Communist Party (Renovated) Promises To Abolish VAT In Case Of Entering Rada (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Svoboda Promising To Limit Prices For Primary Commodities After Entering Rada (Ukrainian News Agency)
• 6 parties and blocs have real chances to penetrate into parliament of Ukraine ? poll (UNIAN)
• Ukraine's Interpipe to invest $760 mln by 2009 (Reuters)
• Another UK Airline Looks to Kyiv As Possible Destination (Ukrainian Observer Online)
• MTS Claims 39% Ukraine Market Share - 72% Profit Increase Overall (Ukrainian Observer Online)
• South African Tops Ukrainian Bid for Australian Mining Giant (Ukrainian Observer Online)

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6 September, 2007

• Gov't cuts into visa-free travel (Kyiv Post)
• Opening doors (Kyiv Post)
• Yanukovych's party shifts election gears (Ukrainian Journal)
• Bluffing or Cancellation of Parliament Privileges (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• BYT Views Initiative By Party Of Regions To Hold Referendum On Russian And Ukraine's Neutrality As Move To Ape Its Work (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Experts Anticipate Mayoral By-Elections In Kyiv Next November (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Tymoshenko Calls For Criminal Case Against Moroz For Holding Rada Session On September 4 (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Ukraine president blasts government on Euro 2012 (Reuters)
• European Delegates Comes to Ukraine at the Peak of Election Campaign (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine's crisis of governance (openDemocracy)
• Deal casts doubt over Ukraine transparency (Financial Times)
• Ukraine President Upbeat Before Election (AP)
• Yushchenko charges PM with ?adventurism' (Ukrainian Journal)
• Will Ukrainian constitutional change be synchronized with elections? (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
• Privat bids high to buy Aussie mining assets (Kyiv Post)
• "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" slammed initiative of Regions Party to hold referendum (NRCU - Ukrainian Radio)
• President opposes Party of Regions referendum on NATO and Russian language (UNIAN)
• Party of Regions to Come to Maydan on Friday (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Polish WW2 Expellees Revisit Former Homes in Ukraine (Spiegel Online)

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5 September, 2007

• Ukraine ready to cooperate with foreign observing missions on September 30 (NRCU - Ukrainian Radio)
• Ad hoc Committee of PACE for observing parliamentary elections in Ukraine hopes that elections will be democratic and transparent (NRCU - Ukrainian Radio)
• What is the point of the European Neighbourhood Policy ? (Courrier International)
• Government ready to cooperate with all international observers (UNIAN)
• PACE considers VRU hastened with immunity cancellation (ForUm)
• Shufrych considers NSDC decision is a squaring of accounts (ForUm)
• Yushchenko pays visit to Vinnytsa region (ForUm)
• NSDC suspended Rudkovsky and Shufrych (ForUm)
• Yushchenko will not sign bill on stripping deputies of immunity (REGNUM)
• Moroz Threatens Yushchenko With Impeachment (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• OECD calls Ukraine to open up markets (Turkish Daily News)
• Ukraine: A Bittersweet Homecoming For Crimea's Tatars (RFE/RL)
• Berezovsky up to the neck in cases: in Russia, Ukraine, and Brazil (RussiaToday)
• Ukraine: Parliament Reconvenes, Despite Four Dissolution Decrees (RFE/RL)
• Zodiak's YS Film to Produce Puppet Show for Ukraine's TET (WorldScreen.com)
• Ukraine Assembly Sits in Defiance of President (Reuters)
• Dark Horses in Lists of Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko Bloc and Party of Regions (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Ukraine Deputies Stripped of Privileges (Latin American News Agency)
• Kiev court summons 2 businessmen upon Berezovsky's lawsuit (ITAR-TASS)
• Two Our Ukraine lawmakers summoned to court upon Berezovskiy`s lawsuit (UNIAN)
• EU seeks closer ties with neighbours on energy and migration (Euractiv)
• Ex-speaker Oleksandr Moroz met with Head of OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission, Ambassador Audrey Glover (NRCU - Ukrainian Radio)
• Yanukovych views NSDC's recommendation to dismiss ministers Rudkovsky and Shufrych as political move ahead of Rada elections (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Ways to Persuade Voters That Blue-and-White Is Orange (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Party Of Regions Moves Forward With Initiative To Hold Referendum On Russian Language Status, Election Of Governors, And Neutrality Of Ukraine (Ukrainian News Agency)
• 4-Time Dissolved Rada Sits in Kiev (Kommersant)
• Ukraine parliament to hold sittings until Sept. elections (RIA Novosti)

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4 September, 2007

• Tymoshenko calls today's VRU session a meeting of ex-People's deputies (ForUm)
• ForUm, 4 September, 2007 (ForUm)
• Parliament supported People's deputy immunity cancellation (ForUm)
• Parliament will work until September 30 (ForUm)
• Filindash: People's deputies to support immunity cancellation (ForUm)
• Ukraine is waiting for concrete propositions from EU (ForUm)
• Yushchenko, Tymoshenko and Lutsenko are called political nudists (ForUm)
• President's television address (ForUm)
• Yuschenko considers coalition's attempt to hold illegitimate parliamentary meeting as "obstinate desire to derail elections" (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Dedicated to Fight Against the Corruption (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Moroz Gathered 269 MPs (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Yushchenko Derides September 4 Session Initiative (Ukrayinska Pravda)
• Sniffing out political menus (maidan.org.ua)
• Constitutional Court Judge Havrysh Considering Rada Session As Possibility Of Election Disruption (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Court Cancels Pora Registration For Rada Elections (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Ukrainian Regional Aktyv Bloc's Leader Suprun Considers Fifth Parliament Illegitimate (Ukrainian News Agency)
• SDPU(u), Kyivska Rus Party, And Rural Revival Party Change Leaders (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Yanukovych Denies Disrupting Elections Through Rada Session (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Tymoshenko Visits Her Injured Activists In Donetsk Region Hospital (Ukrainian News Agency)
• A million dollars for Manafort. Americans replace Russian spin doctors in Ukraine (Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
• Regulatory and competition reforms critical to Ukraine's future economic growth (OECD report)
• EU neighborhood policy: economics, not membership (RFE/RL)
• EU meets all its close neighbours (BBC News)
• Ukrainian parliamentary speaker threatens with tough punishment to Ukrainian president (REGNUM)
• Regions Party: Yushchenko costs Ukraine twice more than Kuchma did (REGNUM)
• Ukraine's 2007 Elections Will Also Decide Ukraine's Next President (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• EU neighbourhood policy divisions exposed (EUOBSERVER)
• Yushchenko Warns Ukrainian Parliament Not to Meet (VOA News)
• Ukraine parliament to hold sessions until Sept. elections (RIA Novosti)
• Regions Party to attend ?emergency' Rada (Ukrainian Journal)
• Ukraine urged by OECD to step up economic reform (AFX News)
• Nobody will catch up with us. Sociologists impressed by the thinking level of today's children (The Day)
• Good Neighbors (Polish Radio)

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3 September, 2007

• EU Announces Plans To Strengthen Neighborly Relations (RFE/RL)
• President gives interview to Associated Press (ForUm)
• EU meets with nearest neighbors to discuss ties (AP)
• Moroz Hopes to Convene Rada on Tuesday (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Tymoshenko Is Preparing Referendum Bypassing the CEC (UNIAN)
• NU-NS Will Sue Chernovetsky (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Tymoshenko Sees 'Sad Mistake' in NU-NS Position (Ukrayinska Prawda)
• Public Procurement: Legalized blackmail? (Zerkalo Nedeli)
• Justice Ministry Issues Copies Of Statutes And Registration Certificates To 64 Political Parties To Enable Them To Participate In Parliamentary Elections (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Party Of Regions: Berezovskii Financing Tymoshenko Bloc Election Campaign (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Communist Party To Go Into Opposition If Party Of Regions Forms Coalition With Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc (Ukrainian News Agency)
• Expert: Ukrainian political crisis is caused by "global lies, in which all politicians from all camps are lost" (REGNUM)
• Berezovsky wants "orange revolution" money back from Ukraine (RIA Novosti)
• Opinion: "Idea of neutrality" will prevail after parliamentary elections in Ukraine (REGNUM)
• Ukraine Seeks Distance From EU Neighborhood Policy (RFE/RL)
• Ukraine Leader Blasts Pre-Poll Parliament Session (Reuters)
• NATO experts will visit Ukraine (ForUm)
• No legal grounds for holding parliament's session on September 4, says president (Interfax-Ukraine)
• Delivery is top of EU agenda (Foreign & Commonwealth Office)

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