Ukrainian Boryspil Airport and all others are closed. Ukraine airports have suspended their operation due to volcanic ash clouds over Europe.

According to the web-site of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, clouds of volcanic dust didn’t lead to the closure of any of Ukrainian airports.

On Saturday, April 17th, 2010, Ukraine International Airport Boryspil may stop working, according to the reports of the press service of the airport.

There will be a new modern terminal built in Zhulyany airport in Kyiv, Ukraine by 2012. Its capacity is going to be 320 passangers per hour. Old terminal will be rebuilt as well.

Ukraine is among leaders of people killed in car accidents. “According to Forbs, Russia takes the first place of the number of people killed in road accident in 2008, and Ukraine takes the second one. There are 167 deaths per 1,000,000 (7690 deaths in total last year) in Ukraine, and there are 235 in Russia.

Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Ukraine defined the winner of tender for producing a new truck to transport prisoners. Tender competition was announced in the framework of Ukrainian preparations for EURO-2012. Ukrainian militia (police) is afraid that European football fans, in case of detention, will not be satisfied with the Ukrainian cars for prisoners, which Ukrainian militia has inherited since Soviet Union times.

Mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetsky is going to sign an anti-alcohol program for 2009-2013, which will come into effect soon afterwards.
According to this program sales of alcoholic beverages will be banned in Kyiv center on such streets as Khreschatik, Baseina, Mykhayilivs’ka, Sofyivs’ka, Prorisna, Kostyol’na, provulok Shevchenka, Instytuts’ka, Bogdana Khmel’nytskoho, Gorodets’koho, Boulevard Shevchenko.

In order to reduce pressure on hryvnia rate the National Bank of Ukraine decided to impose a ban on foreign currency credits in Ukraine. Bankers discussed such aspects with NBU during their closed meeting on Friday, 4th September.

Starting from the 1st January 2010 National Bank of Ukraine is going to seize from circulation ten and twenty hryvnia bills of 1994, 1995 and 2000.

Kyiv Municipal Administration and the Southwestern Railroad have launched operation of electric ( commuter ) trains between train stations “Troeschina” (Horodnia) and “Kyiv-Petrivka” in Kyiv on the 2nd September, 2009. This will enable residents of the Troeschyna district to travel to the Petrovka subway station faster and more comfortably.