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Authorities in the town of Kiev, Ukraine denied any spraying of "aerosolized medication" by aircraft over the city. This after it was reported that light aircrafts were seen flying over the forest market area that sprayed a aerosol substance to fight h1n1 or swine flu. 5 Sources confirms this and the local newspapers of Kiev also received hundreds of phone calls from residents and business owners close to the area the planes were spraying the...  

KIEV, November 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine has guaranteed uninterrupted transit of Russian gas to Europe, French State Secretary for European Affairs Pierre Lelouch told a Friday press briefing in Kiev. “We are positive there will be no problems with ...  

Newly appointed Serbian Ambassador to Ukraine Dušan Lazić presented his credentials to Ukranian President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday. The Serbian Embassy in Kiev said in a statement that Yushchenko and Lazić concluded that relations and cooperation between Serbia and Ukraine are developing successfully.  

Ukraine is about to get a new contemporary art center. Victor Pinchuk is shooting to make Kiev a major art destination, so the wealthy art collector is creating a new center that will be larger than the existing PinchukArtCentre, which was the first private contemporary art center in the former Soviet Union and has had more than 830,000 visitors since its doors swung open in 2006. Pinchuk, a steel billionaire, is an avid collector, with...  

Ukraine could face a $7.8 billion penalty from Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for shortfalls in the consumption of natural gas, the Ukrainian president said. A January row between Moscow and Kiev prompted Gazprom to cut gas supplies to Ukraine briefly ...  

"We are a young European country... Our country is amazingly beautiful... We cherish our traditions... We are proud of our history... We are an educated and hard working nation... And we know how to win... We are building our country... We are confident of our future... Our music is a rhythm of our new life...We are 48 million, we are Ukrainians..."  

You haven't visited a monastery until you've visited one located in a cave. Named one of the Seven Wonders of the Ukraine, the Kiev Pechersk Lavra -- a.k.a. the Kiev Monastery of the Caves -- is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the entire country.  

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced that the company will exhibit and sponsor at Casual Connect Kiev 2009. The event is being held Oct. 21-23, 2009, at the RUS Hotel in Kiev, Ukraine. Digital River’s exhibit booth will feature global e-commerce offerings developed exclusively for software and casual game developers and publishers, including e-marketing...  

Kiev - Ukraine's deadly flu outbreak widened on Wednesday, as government officials announced new emergency measures in an attempt to control the spread of the illness. More than 478,000 people were registered with national health authorities as ...  

People react during the commemoration ceremony at the new monument for victims of the Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday. More than 33,700 Jews were rounded up and shot at Babi Yar over 48 hours beginning on Sept. 29, 1941. In the ensuing months, the ravine was filled with an estimated 100,000 bodies, among them those of non-Jewish Kiev residents and Red Army prisoners of the Nazis.  

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is strengthening ties with Kiev to get more concessions from Moscow, the media and analysts think. Analysts note that Minsk and Kiev have made mutual concessions in these issues. Ukrainian President Viktor ...  

Ukraine has denied a remark by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday that Ukraine is again having difficulty paying for Russian natural gas supplies and the EU is not going to lend Kiev money to solve the problems.  

KIEV, Ukraine - Kiev authorities, facing withering criticism, have reversed a decision to build a hotel on a killing field used by Nazis during the infamous 1941 Babi Yar massacre, officials said Monday. Still, Jewish groups worldwide were bitter ...  

Lucy Vodden, who provided the inspiration for the Beatles' classic 1967 song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” has died after a long battle with lupus, St. Thomas' Hospital said yesterday. She was 46. KIEV, Ukraine — Kiev authorities, facing ...  

KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) -- Ukraine's first lady attended a ceremony in Kiev to honor righteous gentiles who rescued Jews from the Nazis. Kateryna Yuschenko, wife of Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko and chair of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine ...