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AP Interview: Rising star in Ukraine vows reform

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's youngest leading presidential hopeful says he flies economy class, vows not to take advice from either Moscow or Washington and promises to fight corruption with "a truncheon in my hands." Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a 35-year-old ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Arseniy Yatsenyuk,  Viktor Yanukovych,  Yulia Tymoshenko,  Joe Biden,  European Union

Ukraine's Naftogaz indicates default on bonds

Ukraine's debt-laden state energy company Naftogaz on Thursday effectively defaulted on its $500 million Eurobond issue after it failed to make a payment on time, but a deal on restructuring the debt was expected soon. Naftogaz, which transports ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, Taiwan News,  1 Oct 2009

Ukraine's Naftogaz seeks debt restructuring

KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine's troubled state energy company Naftogaz headed toward defaulting on $500 million worth of its Eurobonds as a Wednesday night repayment deadline loomed. Naftogaz's fate is closely watched in the European Union, as the company ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, Boston Globe,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: European Union

Ukraine cancels chemical plant sale

KIEV, Ukraine—The Ukrainian government auctioned off a key chemical plant Tuesday but canceled the controversial sale just minutes later, claiming the bidders conspired to drive the price down. The Odessa Port plant is at the center of a rivalry ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, Boston Globe,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Yulia Tymoshenko

Kiev scraps plan to build Babi Yar hotel

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Kiev authorities have scrapped a widely criticized plan to build a hotel near what experts say was a killing field used by Nazis during the Babi Yar massacre, officials said Monday. Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky's office said he ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, Buffalo News,  28 Sep 2009

Ukraine: hotel plan for Nazi killing field opposed

Jewish groups condemned Thursday a plan by authorities in the Ukrainian capital to build a hotel on what a leading scholar said was a killing field in the Babi Yar massacre, a horrific chapter of the Holocaust. The controversy erupted days before ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, Taiwan News,  25 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Simon Wiesenthal,  Yulia Tymoshenko

Ukraine to help Naftogaz with debt, report says

KIEV, Ukraine—Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday sought to reassure investors that the state energy company Naftogaz will not default on its $1.6 billion loan and will be able to restructure the debt, news reports said. But analysts and creditors ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, Boston Globe,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Yulia Tymoshenko,  Royal Bank of Scotland,  Gazprom

Elton John can't adopt orphan, Ukraine decides

(09-15) 04:00 PDT Kiev, Ukraine -- Elton John won't be able to adopt a 14-month-old HIV-positive child from Ukraine because the pop star is too old and isn't married, the government said Monday. Adoption and gay rights advocates expressed regret about ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Elton John,  David Furnish

Official: No Ukrainian adoption for Elton John

KIEV, Ukraine—Elton John won't be able to adopt a 14-month-old HIV-positive child from Ukraine because the pop star is too old and isn't married, the government said Monday. Adoption and gay rights advocates expressed regret about the determination by ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, Boston Globe,  14 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Elton John,  David Furnish

Election fever heightens Ukraine political chaos

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The lawmaker strode through parliament, smiling politely and clutching a chair — his contribution to a barricade designed to paralyze proceedings. Fresh from summer vacation, lawmakers last week were back to the shenanigans that ...

From MARIA DANILOVA, NevadaAppeal.com,  13 Sep 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  Viktor Yanukovych,  Volodymyr Lytvyn

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