Victor Yanukovych condoles with Jose Manuel Barroso

Viktor Yanukovych meets Javier Solana, Strobe Talbott

for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Javier Solana and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott.

President makes statement regarding debates over so-called union of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus

There is another truth - Ukraine is actively integrating into the European Union. And this strategic direction is fixed, including in my repeated statements as the President of Ukraine. I would like everybody to remember that.

Is there a right for debates on this issue? The answer for me as for the President is – no. The answer for everyone who represents the government is – no. And this is absolute.

As for the society – political scientists, experts, journalists, ordinary citizens, we should be looking for the answer in one word: democracy. We live in a democratic society where people can freely, publicly express and discuss different views.

We have a freedom of media. And we do not dictate to the media, which topics they should and should not discuss. Because it would be wrong. Of course, when high government officials take part in live discussions on TV, they should very carefully weigh their every word because they express position of the state.

I had a conversation on the subject with Vice Prime Minister Semynozhenko. Without a doubt, Volodymyr Semynozhenko understands and supports the strategic direction of the state. And the whole problem is that Semynozhenko’s statement was not entirely accurate. I think that the Vice Prime Minister should consider this and remember this in the future.

Also the Vice Prime Minister must once again clearly express his position on the attitude towards the Constitution of Ukraine and policy priorities. And this incident should be settled. I am against the exaggeration of this topic now. We must instead focus efforts on the primary thing - we should move forward. Overcome the crisis and do everything to raise living standards of Ukrainians to the European level.

President: We will hold Euro 2012 at proper level

According to the President, out of the 9 billion UAH to be spent on preparation for Euro 2012 in Ukraine last year, only 3 billion were actually used.

Viktor Yanukovych has called this state of affairs unsatisfactory. "Today the project has fallen into terrible decay”, said Viktor Yanukovych.

The President noted that in order to utilize budget funds it is necessary "to urgently find construction companies to deal with infrastructure: roads, hotels, airport terminals, etc. ...“.

However, Viktor Yanukovych expressed confidence that all tasks would be completed on time and that performance of works would be better than in previous years. "Already this year we will boost this question, which is one of our priorities, so that in 2012 we were not ashamed of our country, that we, as hosts, could provide a worthy welcome to guests, fans and representatives from around the world", said President Yanukovych.

Viktor Yanukovych: Economic growth in Ukraine will be tangible already by the end of the year

Working group on judicial reform meets at Presidential Administration

President returns bill to Verkhovna Rada with suggestions

The suggestions of the President of Ukraine will be delivered before the Parliament by Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Tetyana Yefymenko.