Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has warned governors about personal responsibility for the untimely start of the heating season.

"On October 5, at its meeting, the faction of 'Our Ukraine' adopted a decision on transitioning to the opposition," he said during his speech in parliament on Tuesday.

A Verkhovna Rada deputy, head of the executive committee of the "People's Union Our Ukraine" party, Mykola Katerynchuk, believes that the party leadership should resign. \n \nHe stated this on October 13 in Ivano-Frankivsk live on the regional television channel "Galychyna.

The priority direction of budget policy in 2007 will be the improvement of the system of state support for scientific and scientific-technical activity.

More than 40 lawsuits filed by employees of the central apparatus of the "Our Ukraine" bloc demanding payment of wage arrears are being considered in Ukrainian courts. The lack of money has led to the fact that "NU" is forced to cut back its regional offices.

This was stated by the Minister of Family, Youth and Sports Yuriy Pavlenko after the completion of the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. According to him, "all members of the government who work under the President's quota, from NU, expressed political readiness to submit their resignations.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a resolution establishing new gas prices for the population. This was reported to journalists in an interview on Wednesday by Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boyko, according to a «proUA» correspondent.

The Cabinet of Ministers does not intend to revise the difference in retirement age for men and women in the near future. This was stated by First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policy Lidiya Drozdova, reports Delo.

President Viktor Yushchenko has signed the law passed by parliament that obliges local budgets to compensate housing and utility service providers for underestimated tariffs, the press service of the head of state reported.