Ukraine

Pepsi to Buy Ukrainian Juice Producer

According to Pravda.Ru, PepsiCo and PepsiAmericas, the second-largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola products, said they agreed to jointly acquire 80 percent of Ukrainian juice company Sandora LLC for a total of $542 million plus assumed debt to increase their presence in the East European country.

Popularity: 8% [?]

June 11, 2007

Religious Confessions’ Summit Opens in Kiev

The Inaugural Summit on Peace and Tolerance devoted to the contemporary state and perspectives of the international inter-confessional dialogue has opened in the Ukrainian capital.

Popularity: 3% [?]

April 27, 2007

Ukrainian PM Calls President’s Decree on Early Elections Unconstitutional

Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych called the presidential decree on disbanding the Supreme Rada and holding new parliamentary elections on June 24 unconstitutional, Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported on Thursday quoting prime minister’s head of staf.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Ukrainian Helicopter Crashes

One person died and another one was injured after a Ukrainian helicopter crash, the DPA news agency reported on Wednesday.

Popularity: 11% [?]

April 18, 2007

Ukrainian President Dissolves Pro-Russian Parliament

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s decree to dissolve parliament came into force on Tuesday when it was published in the official gazette, the Reuters news agency reports.

Popularity: 3% [?]

April 3, 2007

Ukrainian Authorities Ban Stalin TV Ads

Authorities in an eastern Ukrainian city banned outdoor and television advertisements featuring Soviet dictator Josef Stalin after protests from rights groups and nationalists, The Associated Press news agency reports.

Popularity: 2% [?]

March 27, 2007

Ukraine’s Prosecutors Search Apartment of Oppositionist Ex-minister

Investigators Tuesday searched the apartment of former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko who is now an opponent of the powerful prime minister and his Cabinet, The Associated Press news agency reports, quoting Lutsenko’s spokeswoman.

Popularity: 5% [?]

March 21, 2007

Ukrainian Russians Set Up Council to Protect Language Rights

Representatives of the Russian Diaspora in Ukraine set up a coordinating council on Tuesday. It will be chaired by Ukraine’s Parliament lawmaker Leonid Grach, ITAR-TASS news agency reports.

Popularity: 2% [?]

December 13, 2006

Ukraine’s NATO Entry to Harm Relations With Russia

Ukraine's defence minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, left, and his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov review an honor guard during an official welcome ceremony in Kiev. Photo: AP

Russia`s Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov stated that Ukraine`s NATO entry would strain bilateral relations with Russia, RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday.

Popularity: 4% [?]

December 7, 2006

Ukraine Offers Georgia Help in Improving Russia Ties

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has offered the Georgian authorities his country’s assistance in easing tensions in Georgia’s relations with Russia, the Interfax news agency reports.

Popularity: 3% [?]

November 24, 2006