UKRAINE CONDEMNS RUSSIA FOR CHECHNYA AT OSCE MEETING.
TheUkrainian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meetingin Ottawa voted in favor of the US-proposed resolution to condemnRussia for violating international norms and OSCE principles... MORE
RUSSIA MAY SUE UKRAINE OVER POLLUTION.
Moscow may takeUkraine to court over pollution in the river that provides drinkingwater for the Russian city of Taganrog, Moscow's Echo radio reportedJuly 7. Meanwhile,... MORE
THE DOLLAR IS FALLING IN UKRAINE TOO.
Although little noticedin the West, the Ukrainian currency is appreciating against thedollar just like the ruble, Russian television reported June 30. Lebed: "I Leave but... MORE
KUCHMA SAYS UKRAINE WON’T MEET IMF TARGETS.
President LeonidKuchma said that his government would start to reinflate the economyto push growth and thus would not meet IMF-mandated targets forinflation next year, Kiev... MORE
UKRAINE TO BECOME MAJOR GOLD PRODUCER.
Ukrainian gold mines around Kirovohrad should produce 15 tons annually by 2005, President Leonid Kuchma said on Ukrainian television June 18. He said that this... MORE
UKRAINE TO INCREASE YUGOSLAV PEACEKEEPING CONTINGENT.
Ukrainian defense minister Valeri Shmarov has asked the country's parliament to approve a 50 percent increase in the country's 600-man peacekeeping contingent in the former... MORE
EU KEEPS RUSSIA ON HOLD BUT GIVES UKRAINE AID.
The European Commission refused to lift the hold that it had placed on an agreement with Russia because of Moscow's handling of the Chechen fighting,... MORE
UKRAINE TO HAVE “SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP” WITH NATO.
NATO Secretary General Willy Claes told President Leonid Kuchma that Ukraine would have a "special relationship" with the Western defense alliance, Kiev radio said June... MORE
UKRAINE SIGNS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ESTONIA.
UkrainianPresident Leonid Kuchma and Estonian President Lennart Meri signed a freetrade agreement May 25 during Kuchma's visit to Ukraine, BNS reported May25. This agreement further... MORE
YELTSIN AIDE THREATENS UKRAINE WITH RETALIATION.
Yeltsin foreignpolicy advisor Dmitri Ryurikov charged in the May 23 Kievskie vedomosti that"the Ukrainian government intends to form its relations with Russia on anegative basis,... MORE