NBU planning to keep this year’s inflation within 13%

News / 12 August 2009 | 17:30

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is planning to favor the retention of this year’s inflation within 13% (December to December), UkrInform reported.

This is stipulated in the central bank’s plan of additional measures on ensuring the stability of the national currency and the country’s banking system.

The document reads that the NBU is also planning to ensure growth in Ukraine’s monetary base this year in line with indicators approved by the principles of monetary and credit policy for 2009 (growth in monetary base 106%).

Ukraine had deflation of 0.1% in July compared to June 2009.

Inflation was 1.1% in June, and 8.6% since the start of the year.

Inflation was 17.3% in January-July 2009 year-over-year.

Ukraine had inflation of 22.3% in 2008 compared to 2007 (December to December).

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Kremlin: Ukraine misinterpreting Medvedev’s statements

News / 12 August 2009 | 16:20

MOSCOW – The Kremlin has pointed to what it says is the extremely free interpretation by the Yushchenko secretariat chief, Vera Ulianchenko, of the message from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Kyiv Post reported.

“In principle, this text signed by Ms. Ulyanchenko on behalf of quite an unrepresentative (just of 3% rating) party does not need any comment. Anyone who is interested can simply read the letter from our president Dmitry Medvedev on the Internet in order to understand just how freely Ms. Ulyanchenko is interpreting what has been said,” Deputy chief of the Russian Presidential Administration Alexei Gromov said told journalists, commenting on Ulyanchenko’s letter.

At the same time, “one of her statement cannot be ignored,” he said, citing the following statement by Ulyanchenko, “The aggressive tone of the Russian leader’s address in fact concerns not Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko and his policy but the whole of our state and all the Ukrainian people.”

“Everything is precisely the opposite: there is and can be no aggression, what we have here is a cool and well-considered acknowledgement of a fact: the effect of the policy by the current Ukrainian president on Russian-Ukrainian relations,” Gromov said.

“Therefore it was him who this message was addressed to,” Gromov said.

“The way our Russian president, our country are treating the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian state, has been exceptionally respectful, warm and fraternal,” he said.

Gromov asked journalists to draw public attention once again to those multiple assessments made by the Russian president in his speech on August 11, 2009, the mentioning of which is being so carefully avoided in Ulyanchenko’s letter.

“Maybe, it will have at least some sobering effect on its authors,” he said.

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MIA employees obtain new flats

News / 12 August 2009 | 15:44

In the course of today’s session of the Government the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko personally handed over to officers of law enforcement bodies 36 vouchers for flats in Boyarka town, Kyiv region, government protal reported.

In total, 13 vouchers for one room flats, 15 – for two room flats and 8 – for three room flats. The accommodation was received by employees of central MIA personnel, main department of MIA of Ukraine in Kyiv city and main department of MIA in Kyiv region.

The Head of Government thanked to MIA officers who obtained their flats for the work in this serious sphere joined with danger and responsibility and wished peace in their new homes.

Yulia Tymoshenko also promised that the Gov’t would spare no efforts to shorten queues for flats for the privileged categories during the year. According to her, realization of the Anti-Crisis Program of the Government will enable to solve a problem of housing for 10 thousand of privileged citizens by the end of year.

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Patriarch Kirill thanks officials for assistance during his visit to Ukraine

News / 12 August 2009 | 14:03

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill has sent a letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych to thank them for the assistance during His Holiness’s pastoral visit to Ukraine, UKRINFORM reports quoting the Moscow Patriarchate press-service.

In his message to President Yushchenko Patriarch Kirill said that ‘our frankly talks seem to help better understanding of needs and expectations of the believers on the part of the public authority’. The Patriarch believes that along with Ukraine we can find the ways of solving problems, which yet prevent the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from fulfilling its mission of love and peace in full, the letter reads.

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has made sure that the Ukrainian people have strong and deep belief, which can consolidate many people. He also believes that this spiritual force combined with a work in favor of the Motherland will help Ukraine overcome the global crisis. “The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, like Ukraine on the whole, has lots of unsolved problems, including those ones that had been addressed during our talk. In this connection I hope for continuation of the church-state dialogue and cooperation intended to completely take into account legal interests of the Ukrainian believers,” Kirill says in his address to Premier Tymoshenko.

“A positive experience of cooperation between the Church and you and other Ukrainian politicians brings hopes that this cooperation could promote a spiritual revival of people and bring many good fruits,’ Patriarch Kirill said addressing to V. Yanukovych.

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Tymoshenko commissions to check maternity hospitals

News / 12 August 2009 | 13:08

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has commissioned to check information that appeared in media concerning probable abuse by functionaries of Kryvyi Rih maternity home related to use of medication Curosurf, government protal reported.

The commission was addressed to Minister of Health Vasyl Knyazevych, Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii Lutsenko, Economics Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn, Head of Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration Viktor Bondar.

In case the information spread in media confirmed, the guilty persons are to undergo criminal proceedings.

Besides, Yulia Tymoshenko empowered the Minister of Health Protection and heads of regional state administrations within two weeks to hold checks of all maternity hospitals with regards to compliance with requirements of the legislation related to prescribing and use of medications.

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Tymoshenko promises to provide villages with gas

News / 12 August 2009 | 12:49

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko initiates a new anti-crisis program for completing the construction of gasification facilities in Ukrainian cities and villages. She said that today opening the government session, the ForUm’s correspondent in forms.

“Today we start one more government anti-crisis program on construction of gasification facilities in Ukrainian cities and villages,” Tymoshenko said. According to her, the government plans to provide completion of all construction in order to provide all villages and cities with gas.

The construction of gas pipelines and local gas networks need financing at amount of UAH 700 million. These funds included payments by the public, the state and gas supply companies.

Yulia Tymoshenko also noted on necessity to develop alternative energy sources in Ukraine.

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Most Russians unkind to Ukraine

News / 12 August 2009 | 12:06

47 percents of people who have been polled by the Yuri Levada Analytical Center are unkind and very unkind to Ukraine, according to the results of the poll, MIGnews reported.

Sociologists asked respondents during the poll to characterize how they are treating Ukraine in general now. 44 percents told their attitude to the neighboring country is good or very good, and 10 percents were at loss to answer.

The poll had been held since 17 till 20 of July. 1,600 Russians were polled in all the regions. Statistical discrepancy is at most 3,4 percents, Ukrayinski novyny reports.

In May 56 percents of Russians, who had been polled by the Yuri Levada Analytical Center, were unkind and very unkind to Ukraine.

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OU: Aggressive tone of Medvedev’s statement addresses not only Yuschenko but Ukraine

News / 12 August 2009 | 11:58

The Our Ukraine party believes that the aggressive tone of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s open letter to Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yuschenko addresses not only Ukraine’s president, but the state at large, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

“The aggressive tone of Russian leader’s statement addresses in fact not only Viktor Andriyovych Yuschenko and his policies, but the whole of our state and Ukrainian people,” head of the Our Ukraine council Vira Ulianchenko said on Wednesday in a comment on Medvedev’s statement accusing Ukrainian leadership of anti-Russian policy.

Medvedev, in an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, said that he would delay sending an ambassador to Kyiv, and he indirectly accused the Ukrainian president of worsening Ukrainian-Russian relations during his [Yuschenko’s] time in office.

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