•            VERKHOVNA RADA CHAIRMAN BELIEVES FINANCIAL AUDIT OF PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT IS NATURAL

•            SPEAKER ARSENIY YATSENYUK RULES OUT RE-PRIVATIZATION

•            FOREIGN MINISTER: SUB-COMMISSION FOR TEMPORARY STATIONING OF RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET IN UKRAINE TO SIT AFTER JANUARY 15, 2008

•            UKRAINE'S INTEGRATION PLANS CANNOT BE FULFILLED WITHOUT NORMAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA - FOREIGN MINISTER VOLODYMYR OHRYZKO

PARTY OF REGIONS AND COMMUNISTS REJECT SUPPORTING YATSENYUK FOR SPEAKER

BYUT PROPOSES PACKAGE VOTING ON VR LEADERS

ZASIADKO MINE BEING SEALED WITH WATER

UKRAINIAN FINANCES MINISTRY READY TO TACKLE EARLY REPAYMENT OF IMF AND WB CREDITS

Seventy-five years ago, Ekaterina saw seven members of her family and almost all of her neighbours starve to death, in a man-made famine that killed millions of people in Ukraine.

"Of our neighbours I remember all the Solveiki family died, all of the Kapshuks, all the Rahachenkos too - and the Yeremo family - three of them, still alive, were thrown into the mass grave."

Remarks of H.E. Valentyn Adomaytis, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand on the occasion of the commemoration of the tragic events of the Holodomor (forced Great Famine), an act of genocide against Ukrainians in 1932-1933.

The 1948 UN Convention on the prevention of the crime of genocide and its punishment defines genocide as actions carried out with the aim of destroying completely or partially some national, ethnic, racial or religious group, such actions including:

A new report released by the Atlantic Council finds that corruption in Ukraine is so widespread that it has the potential to threaten the country's economic prosperity and national security.

Although Ukraine has made significant progress in developing democratic institutions and in holding clean elections, Ukraine's political leaders have thus far lacked the political will and cohesiveness to seriously combat corruption.

On November 11 a powerful storm arose in the northeastern Black Sea. By the end of it, Russia and Ukraine faced serious environmental damage from an oil spill and a potentially acrimonious diplomatic situation.

According to Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry, after the storm four ships had foundered, another six had run aground, and two tankers were damaged in the narrow Kerch Strait, at the entrance to the Sea of Azov between Russia and Ukraine. One of the damaged ships was the Volgoneft-139, which was carrying more than 4,000 tons of fuel oil. Smashed by 67 mph winds and 16-foot waves, the ship split in two, spilling more than half its cargo (Ukrains'ke Radio, November 13).