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The United States newly appointed Ambassador to Ukraine, John Tefft, will arrive in Kyiv on December 2, Ukrainian MFA spokesman Valeriy Dzhyhun has announced Wednesday, according to UKRINFORM. "We have already received confirmation that the U.S. ambassador arrives in Kyiv

Ukraine will have to pay about $280 per 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas in 2010, a spokesman for Russia's energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday, according to RIA Novosti.Sergei Kupriyanov told the Moscow-based Echo Moskvy radio station that the

54.7 percent of Ukrainian population say the language question is not vital at the moment, according to the public opinion poll held by the Ukrainian Democratic Circle on the Politics Institute's order. 28.3% of the pollees say the issue may

Ukrainian citizens going to the Holy Land with a group can obtain visas in 48 hours.The Israeli government announced on Wednesday about simplification of the visa procedures for the Ukrainians. According to Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, the last innovation

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine decided to reduce spending on the 2009 presidential elections by UAH 17.26 million (1 USD - 7.98 UAH) due to smaller than predicted number of presidential candidates.

Official rates of bank metals per 10 troy ounces set by the National Bank for November 26, 2009, are as follows: gold - 93943.52 UAH (!), silver - 1487.61 UAH (+), platinum - 116820.55 UAH (+).

Hryvnia strengthening tendency continued at the Ukrainian interbank currency market biddings. Thus, the US dollar quotations fell down to 7.9790-7.9980 UAH/USD, and the euro quotations to 12.0203-12.0490 UAH/EUR.

Somali pirates said they had freed the Ariana, a Greek ship being held hostage by them for over six months, Reuters has reported, citing the pirates.

Ukraine's Emergencies Minister Volodymyr Shandra backs the idea of creating united European civil protection response forces, he has addressed the third Civil Protection Forum 'Towards a More Resilient Society' in Brussels on Thursday, the ministry press-service has said.

Ukraine may receive the fourth tranche of the International Monetary Fund loan before the elections, in 2009, says Valeriy Lytvytskyi, head of the group of advisers to the central bank governor.

Olympic champion Nataliya Dobrynska has won the 2009 Combined Events Challenge of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).