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• Polish, Lithuanian parliaments to share European integration experience with Ukraine - declaration

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. The parliaments of Poland and Lithuania hope to sign in November 2013 in Vilnius the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, and are ready to provide their Verkhovna Rada colleagues with comprehensive support on the path to European integration.  

  18:00, 26.03.2013

• Nothing prevents monitoring committee rapporteurs from visiting Ukraine - PACE Secretary General

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. The planned visit of rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to Ukraine is not precluded, and Ukrainian media rumors to this effect only cause a surprise, PACE Secretary General Wojciech Sawicki told the press in Strasbourg on Tuesday.  

  17:36, 26.03.2013

• UAC says domestic crop production needs some UAH 150 bln in investment

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. The amount of financing, calculated for field work, does not take into account the capital investment required for the technical and technological re-equipment of production, analysts with the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UAC) said at a news conference.  

  16:30, 26.03.2013

• Opposition to continue Stand up, Ukraine! protest March 28

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. As part of the protest action Stand up, Ukraine!, marches and rallies involving opposition leaders Arseniy Yatseniuk, Vitali Klitschko and Oleh Tiahnybok will be held in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and Chernivtsi on March 28-30, the Front for Change press service says.  

  16:23, 26.03.2013
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  Mayoral election in Kyiv may be slated for 2015 - Yatseniuk

  The opposition claims that the Constitutional Court may postpone the Kyiv mayor election to 2015, Batkivshchyna faction leader Arseniy Yatseniuk told a press conference

   

   
  16:07, 26.03.2013
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  Kochneva denies her Russian citizenship, hopes for Syrian

  Ukrainian Anhar Kochneva, who fled from Syrian militants, denies her Russian citizenship, she told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday, a UKRINFORM correspondent in Russia says.

   
  15:49, 26.03.2013

• Yanukovych advises against rush to boost coal mining

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. There is no need to increase coal production in Ukraine before plants are built for its processing into synthetic gas.  

  15:36, 26.03.2013
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  Ukraine, Georgia plan to speed up implementation of joint energy projects

  Ukraine and Georgia have significant potential of cooperation in the energy sector, which is not fully realized now

   
  15:32, 26.03.2013

• Interparliamentary Assembly of Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland to meet in Lithuania next summer

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. The next meeting of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland will be held in Lithuania in June next year, Lithuanian Seimas Speaker Vydas Gedvilas says.  

  15:21, 26.03.2013
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  Ukrainian scientists find potential hydrocarbon deposits in Antarctica

  As a result of geoelectric sounding near the Ukrainian Antarctic Station Academician Vernadsky in West Antarctica in 2012, Ukrainian researchers discovered and mapped four anomalies associated with oil fields

   
  15:08, 26.03.2013

• Expert says decline in US dollar rate due to market stabilization

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. Market Stabilization has changed the advantages of Ukrainians and led to the depreciation of the US dollar against the hryvnia, Serhiy Ponomarenko, Director of Treasury Department, Universal Bank board member, member of the Committee of Monetary Policy and Currency Control at the Independent Banking Association of Ukraine (IBAU), told a UKRINFORM reporter on Tuesday.  

  15:00, 26.03.2013

• ACE creates interactive map of Ukrainian grain elevators

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. Agrarian Commodity Exchange (ACE) specialists have developed an interactive map of grain elevators, the ACE press office said in a statement Tuesday.  

  14:34, 26.03.2013
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  Experts predict quiet life for hryvnia at least until mid-year

   Pressure on the hryvnia will be insignificant until at least mid-year.

   
  14:30, 26.03.2013
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  LitPolUkrbrig deal could be signed in Q2/2013

  Final approval and signing of an intergovernmental agreement on the formation of a multinational Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade LitPolUkrbrig could take place in the second quarter of this year

   
  14:10, 26.03.2013

• EBRD will provide 300 million to make Ukrainian NPPs safer

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has allocated to Ukraine's Energoatom national nuclear energy generation company a loan for a total of 300 million euros to improve the safety of Ukrainian nuclear power plants.  

  13:08, 26.03.2013
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  Polish, Lithuanian parliaments support Ukraine's European integration

  The parliaments of Poland and Lithuania support Ukraine's European integration policy, Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Bogdan Borusewicz and Speaker of the Seimas of the Lithuanian Republic Vydas Gedvilas announced this at the opening of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw on Tuesday, a UKRINFORM reporter says.

   
  12:58, 26.03.2013

• Bookmakers, fans absolutely sure of Ukraine's win at Moldova

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. Bookmakers and fans believe that the Ukrainian team will prevail over Moldova in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier on Tuesday in Odesa, according to dynamo.kiev.ua.  

  12:40, 26.03.2013

• Yanukovych to meet with PACE president Wednesday

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will meet with President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Jean-Claude Mignon on Wednesday, March 27, the press service of the head of state reported.  

  12:35, 26.03.2013
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  Snowfalls did no harm to winter crops, meteorologists say

  Heavy snowfalls that hit Ukraine in the last few days in the north-western and central regions of the country will not harm the winter crops

   
  12:12, 26.03.2013

• EBRD wants to sign Ukraine GTS upgrade credit agreement by yearend

  KYIV, March 26 /UKRINFORM/. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development expects to complete by the end of 2013 the negotiations on the allocation of funds for the reconstruction and modernization of the Ukrainian gas transport system, UA-Energy quoted EBRD Country Director for Ukraine Andre Kuusvek as saying.  

  12:11, 26.03.2013