Political, religious battles loom between Ukraine, Russia over Orthodox baptism celebration (KYIV Post)

24 July 2008, 6:19 am

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Solemn hymns and prayers will resonate in golden-domed Orthodox cathedrals across Ukraine on Friday to mark the 1020th anniversary of this region's conversion to Christianity.... read more

Ukraine celebrates 1,020th anniversary of adoption of Christianity (Russian Information Agency Novosti)

24 July 2008, 5:57 am

KIEV, July 24 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine is celebrating 1,020 years since Christianity was adopted in Kievan Rus, with church services, processions, and other events to mark the event to continue for several days.... read more

Cadogan slammed by Ukraine court ruling (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

24 July 2008, 2:54 am

LONDON (ShareCast) - Cadogan Petroleum lost more than half its value at one stage this morning after discovering that a court in the Ukraine had declared invalid two of its key licences in the country.... read more

CE Secretary General Terry Davis called on to follow Ukraine`s example (Unian)

24 July 2008, 2:43 am

Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis has written to the President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to congratulate him because the Court has now cleared all its outstanding cases from 2006 and 2007. According to a Council of Europe’s press-release, forwarded to UNIAN, the Court`s ... read more

Ukraine has already harvested 16.6 mln tonnes of grain (Unian)

24 July 2008, 1:12 am

As of July, 23, Ukrainian agrarians harvested grains and grain legumes from the area of 5.166 mln ha, grain milling totaled 16.58 mln tonnes, reported the media-department of Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, according to APK-Inform.... read more

Ukraine officially blames Soviet leaders for famine that killed millions (Unian)

24 July 2008, 12:58 am

Ukraine on Wednesday blamed Soviet leaders for a famine that killed millions of people in 1932-33 and published documents it said "unequivocally" proved its case, part of its campaign to get the tragedy recognized as genocide, according to The Canadian Press.... read more