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Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine to Train Doctors in Social Studies and Journalism
Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine together with the National University of Kiev Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) launch Mass Communications program to train doctors in social studies and journalism. According to Korrespondent.net, the project expects to establish an unrivalled doctoral program that will help the education...
Does Ukrainian Government Ignore Children TB?
By Bohdana Prikhodko Children TB in Ukraine is still a burning problem. According to official statistics, the total number of TB infected teenagers and pre-school children fell down in 2007. But it’s too early for optimistic outlooks as TB aggravates every year endangering life and health of children under four. Taking the...
Tears Over TB
By Svetlana Gollands Statistics are shocking. TB prevalence in Ukraine is much higher than in many other East European countries. Other infections do not account for such a high mortality rate even if put together. These days every year registers 38-40 thousand of new TB infected and kills 10-11 thousand people. No mercy to...
“I will Take Care of Every Cancer Dispensary – Rinat Akhmetov
When meeting the staff of Donetsk Regional Tumor Center, Rinat Akhmetov announced he would increase investments to refit and renovate the facility by UAH 155m. As Foundation for Development of Ukraine informed Korrespondent.net, the total budget provided by the Foundation to eliminate cancer in Donbass “now comes up to UAH 215m, with...
Echoes of Disaster in Yenakiyevo (Golos Donbassa)
By Olga Stadnichenko Source: Ukraine: Golos Donbassa Weekly Newspaper, Published on 07 August, 2008. Twelve miners were killed by the explosion at Karl Marks Mine (owned by Ordzhonikidzugol) on 8 June. Only one miner has been buried so far, while eleven are listed as dead. Obstructions clearing and water pumping have been conducted for...
The Value of Good Deeds
By Valeriy Kostyukevich, Den Newspaper №142, Tuesday, 12 August, 2008 http://www.day.kiev.ua/205890/ When President Viktor Yushchenko initiated the launch of Warming a Child with Love, which is a joint project being realized by the government businesses, it was quite obvious that the success would depend on the financial support...
Nikolay Paliychuk – Extremely Much Money Needed To Renovate Infrastructure to the Pre-Flood Level
UAToday.net 4 August, 2008 12:38 Source Ukraine Today Broadcast Review, Channel 5 http://uatoday.net/rus/article/comment/47806 Ivano-Frankovsk Region has recently seen the complete meaning of the word “high water”. The area suffered the most from the flood. Governor Nikolay Paliychuk told Channel 5 what has been done in...
Western Style of Living
Kommersant – online edition 4 August, 2008 By Bogdan-Skavron, Ivano-Frankovsk Region; Veronika Savchenko, Lvov Region http://www.kommersant.ua/doc.html?DocID=1007857&IssueId=46980 The President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko called state of environmental emergency in several flooded areas in western regions of Ukraine in his...
Western Ukraine: Famine, Snakes, and Disaster
Segodnya – online-version 05 August, 2008 20:38 By Mikhail Gannitskiy http://www.segodnya.ua/news/12050013.html We learnt about developments in the flooded regions from a person who had been among the first to come and help. Svetlana Panushkina , project manager of the Foundation for Development of Ukraine told Segodnya about...
Cancer Mortality To Down in Ukraine
Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov has a systematic approach to all undertakings. The amounts he donates to fight against cancer exceed the funds provided by the national budget. Akhmetov applies his formula of success even in charity… To meet Rinat Akhmetov – a businessman well-known beyond Ukraine, to ask a personal...
