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EBRD elects Briton as new president LONDON — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has elected a British civil servant as its new president.
Yesterday at 21:00 | Associated Press
EBRD projects Ukraine's GDP growth at 4% in 2013 The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013 will speed up to 4% from 2.5% in 2012, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reported in its updated Regional Economic Prospects bulletin.
Yesterday at 20:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Popov: Kyiv has fulfilled all obligations for Euro 2012 Kyiv has carried out all of its obligations for holding the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, which will be held on June 8 through July 1, Head of Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Popov said.
Yesterday at 20:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov supports Web cameras at polling stations, but says government lacks money Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov supports the installation of Web cameras at polling stations during the parliamentary elections in 2012, but said the government lacked the money for this purpose.
Yesterday at 20:19 | Interfax-Ukraine
German Embassy in Ukraine expecting up to 100,000 German fans for Euro 2012 The German Embassy in Ukraine is expecting up to 100,000 German fans and tourists to come to Ukraine for the Euro 2012 championship.
Yesterday at 20:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
Police: No legal drug use during Euro 2012 in Ukraine The Ukrainian police have dismissed the allegations on the Internet that free use of narcotic drugs will be legalized in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.
Yesterday at 19:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Financial Times: Guest post: Ukraine’s boycott blues Sporting boycotts are back in fashion. Azerbaijan hosts the Eurovision Song Contest on 26 May, with Armenia predictably absent. Russia is beset by Circassian activists claiming that the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics are desecrating their ancestral homeland. But Ukraine is on the receiving end of the bitterest current campaign, in the run-up to the European Championship football finals beginning on 8 June.
Yesterday at 19:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Salvage firm: Concordia wreckage gone by early 2013 ROME — The head of a U.S.-owned marine salvage company chosen to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the waters off Tuscany is predicting the vessel will be ready for towing by early next year.
Yesterday at 19:27 | Associated Press
Arbuzov: Inflation in Ukraine in 2012 may be limited to 5% Inflation in Ukraine in 2012 may be limited to 5%, which is below the government's forecast of 7.9%, according to Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Serhiy Arbuzov.
Yesterday at 19:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lukashenko: Belarus will always be one with Russia Minsk - The time of Russia's misunderstanding Belarus is gone, said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Yesterday at 18:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Ukraine will never have six-day working week The new Labor Code of Ukraine will not introduce a six-day working week in Ukraine, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said.
Yesterday at 18:29 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Ukraine wants fair process on Tymoshenko's appeal Ukraine wants to see a fair court process in the appeal of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko against her sentence in the gas case, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said.
Yesterday at 18:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Medvedkov: WTO documentation could be ratified in two-three months St. Petersburg - The State Duma will consider the documents concerning Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the next two or three months, said Maksim Medvedkov, Director of the Department of Trade Negotiations at the Russian Economic Development Ministry.
Yesterday at 18:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
The Sydney Morning Herald: Washington urged to save Tymoshenko The daughter of Ukraine's detained former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, has told US politicians she still fears for her mother's life.
Yesterday at 17:44
How could Chavez's cancer shape Venezuela presidential vote? CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez's public assurances that he will beat cancer have failed to quell Venezuelans' frenetic speculation about whether the illness will ruin his chances of winning another six-year term in October.
Yesterday at 17:33 | Reuters