UKRAINE HAS BUSY WEEKEND IN THE BLACK SEA.
Ukraine's Donuzlav naval base hosted a three-day conference over the weekend to plan the Sea Breeze-97 naval exercise, due to be held in that area... MORE
MOSCOW CALLS FOR CONDIMINIUM WITH UKRAINE IN SEVASTOPOL AND AZOV SEA.
Russia's Federation Council overwhelmingly approved a resolution yesterday urging President Boris Yeltsin to raise the "disputed issue" of Sevastopol in Russian-Ukrainian intergovernmental negotiations, including those... MORE
UKRAINE WON’T SELL TURBINES FOR RE-EXPORT TO IRAN.
President Leonid Kuchma has offered "clear assurances" to Israel's visiting Trade and Industry minister, Natan Sharansky, that Ukraine will not supply turbines to Russia for... MORE
UKRAINE LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAM.
Justice Minister Serhy Holovaty has made public a decree just signed by President Leonid Kuchma on combating official corruption. Described by Holovaty as a "rapid-response... MORE
UKRAINE CREATES TOP-LEVEL INVESTMENT COUNCIL.
The Ukrainian press published yesterday a decree by President Leonid Kuchma which institutes a Consultative Council to look into ways of attracting foreign capital investment.... MORE
UKRAINE ADDS INSULT TO SELF-INFLICTED INJURY.
The Ukrainian parliament voted last week to end tax breaks for foreign direct investors. (AP, April 9) The legislation approved the revocation of a two-year... MORE
UKRAINE TO PROVIDE ENGINES FOR CHINESE MILITARY TRAINER.
China is buying 30 Ukrainian aircraft engines to power the new "Karakoram-8" trainer and light attack aircraft that it is jointly developing with Pakistan. Oleksandr... MORE
UKRAINE LIFTS RESTRICTIONS ON RUSSIAN MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS, BUT QUESTIONS PERSIST.
The Russian and Ukrainian chiefs of the general staffs, Generals Viktor Samsonov and Oleksandr Zatynaiko, agreed in an April 5 telephone conversation on the resumption... MORE
UKRAINE-NATO COOPERATION GAINING MOMENTUM.
Gen. George Joulwan, commander in chief of U.S. forces in Europe and Supreme Commander of NATO forces, conferred with President Leonid Kuchma and other Ukrainian... MORE
UKRAINE INITIATES MAJOR TENDER ON OIL TRANSIT ROUTE.
Kiev has launched an international tender for engineering firms to plan and design an oil transit route from Azerbaijan to Central Europe via Georgia and... MORE