Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in the village of Zhashkiv in Cherkasy region at the 159th kilometer of the highway, cutting a symbolic ribbon, opened the "Kyiv-Odesa" motorway.

In particular, the Verkhovna Rada introduced amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Vacations," according to which mothers or other persons who actually care for a child suffering from type 1 diabetes may, if they wish, take leave. Such leave shall be granted without pay.

An explosion occurred on Friday at City Hospital No. 1 in Kramatorsk (Donetsk region), as a result of which, according to preliminary data, one person was killed and four were injured.

Yesterday, the first meeting of this academic year of the Political Science Club, which has been operating at Volyn State University for several years, took place. The topic of discussion was the role of OSCE observers in Ukraine's electoral process.

Belgian "Bruges" will long remember their visits to Ukraine this year. After a slap from Donetsk "Shakhtar" in August, Trond Sollied's team was beaten in fine style in Dnipropetrovsk by "Dnipro" with a score of 3:2.

Not only Lviv residents, but also Lutsk residents can boast that the streets of their city became a filming location for the famous Polish director Jerzy Hoffman, who decided to create a three-part documentary film about Ukraine. Jerzy Hoffman is a iconic figure not only in Polish cinema.

Today, during the visit of presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych to Luhansk, after his speech at the Luhansk Law Academy, at 12:30 a five-story building located nearby exploded. The head of Viktor Yushchenko's Luhansk regional headquarters, Oleksiy Danilov, believes this could be a planned provocation.

The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Affairs of Pensioners, Veterans and Disabled Persons recommends that the parliament support the draft law on amendments to the Law "On Pension Provision" (regarding granting one of the spouses who raises five or more children the right to an old-age pension on…

The Ukrainian men's chess team, after the games of the sixth round, has solidified its lead at the Chess Olympiad taking place in the Spanish city of Calvià. On Wednesday, the Ukrainians defeated the chess players from Azerbaijan with a score of 2.5:1.5.

The capital's mayor said this at a session of the Kyiv City Council, Ukrayinski Novyny reports.