In the first half of 1997 Russia produced 72,000 trucks and 460,000 cars, up 10 percent and 13 percent respectively over the same period in... MORE

President Leonid Kuchma has forwarded to the parliament for approval the candidacy of Valery Pustovoytenko for the post of prime minister. Born in 1947, Pustovoytenko... MORE

In the presence of U.S. defense secretary William Cohen, the Cooperative Neighbor-97 joint exercise in Ukraine came to an end on July 11. Some 1,200... MORE

On July 3 President Leonid Kuchma signed a decree setting up an arbitration chamber to hear disputes between foreign investors and their Ukrainian partners. One... MORE

Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma and the leaders of NATO's 16 member countries signed yesterday in Madrid a Charter of Distinctive Partnership between the alliance and... MORE

The Romanian Senate yesterday ratified the treaty of good-neighborly relations with Ukraine by a vote of 65 to 50, with three abstentions. Some Senators of... MORE

The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Gen. Volodymyr Antonets, yesterday suggested that Ukraine might scrap the 40 ex-Soviet strategic bombers it inherited unless the... MORE

The Cooperative Neighbor-97 exercise, held within the framework of NATO's Partnership for Peace program, is underway at Ukraine's Yavoriv training ground in Lviv region. Approximately... MORE

The recent dismissal of Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko was largely a response to Western exasperation with President Leonid Kuchma's failure to take the Ukrainian legislature... MORE

Ukrainian prime minister Pavlo Lazarenko resigned yesterday, ostensibly on grounds of ill health. He had been in office only since the end of May. President... MORE