Celebration on the occasion of creation of komsomol of Ukraine will take place on June 26.

According to an UNIAN correspondent, 251 out of 431 lawmakers registered in the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada voted for adoption of this resolution.

According to this resolution the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is instructed to carry out necessary measures connected with celebrations of the 90th anniversary of creation of komsomol of Ukraine.

All members of the CPU and the Lytvyn's Bloc voted for this resolution. 150 out of 175 lawmakers from the Party of Regions voted for this resolution.

On 200th anniversary of literary giant Nikolai Gogol's birth, both countries lay claim to writer.

First, it was politics, then it was gas. Now the protracted antagonism between Russia and Ukraine is taking on a literary tinge, as the bickering neighbours vie for the legacy of Nikolai Gogol on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

January 19, 2009. Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy signed a 10-year contract on the supply of gas to Ukraine and its transit to Europe . The CEOs of the two companies Aleksei Miller and Oleh Dubyna signed the agreement in the presence of the premiers of Russia and Ukraine - Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko. In 2009 Ukraine will pay the average European price of gas with a 20% discount, while Russia will pay last year's transit fee of US $1.70 for 100  km.

Foreign Ministry: Fewer Ukrainians want to return from Palestine after suspension of combat operations there

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said fewer Ukrainian citizens are willing to evacuate from the Gaza Strip (the Palestinian Autonomy, Israel) after the suspension of combat operations in the region.

Vasyl Kyrylych, the head of the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced this at a briefing on Monday.

Here's a chance for the beleaguered president to restore some luster to his faded image by reassuming the role of a unifier and statesman.

The bitter energy dispute between Ukraine and Russia has been resolved in a comprehensive agreement that Kyiv and Moscow signed yesterday -- though there have been several false starts over the past three weeks. But if this latest pact holds, then by all accounts it is Russia that blinked first. While Ukraine's leaders will not crow about their success, Ukraine has pretty much gotten what it wanted: below-market rates for its own 2009 gas purchases.