http://www.citybengaluru.com Latest news from Bangalore, India and the World Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraines-cold-wave-toll-reaches-100/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraines-cold-wave-toll-reaches-100/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:53:01 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=80915 Kiev, Feb 3 (IANS) A total of 101 people have died so far in Ukraine due to severe cold weather, with 38 succumbing in the past 24 hours till Friday evening, authorities said. The emergencies ministry said 64 people were found dead on streets, 26 in their homes and 11 died in hospitals over the [...]

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]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/cold-wave-kills-over-60-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/cold-wave-kills-over-40-in-ukraine/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/cold-wave-kills-over-40-in-ukraine/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:18:56 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=80475 Kiev, Feb 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) As many as 43 people have fallen victim to freezing temperatures that hit Ukraine in the last few days, the country’s Emergencies Ministry has stated. According to the ministry, 28 people were found dead in the streets, eight died in hospitals, and seven at home, said an official statement Wednesday. [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/cold-wave-kills-over-40-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-to-launch-telecom-satellite/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-to-launch-telecom-satellite/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:30:00 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=79407 Kiev, Jan 28 (IANS) Ukraine plans to launch its first telecommunications satellite in 2013, an official said. “The satellite will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2013,” head of the country’s State Space Agency Yury Alexeyev told reporters Friday, adding that the pay-off period of the satellite was between seven to eight years. The [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-to-launch-telecom-satellite/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-boosts-steel-output-in-2011/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-boosts-steel-output-in-2011/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:23:51 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=78467 Kiev, Jan 24 (IANS) Ukraine boosted its production of crude steel by 5.7 percent to 35.3 million tonnes in 2011, said a report by the World Steel Association (WSA). Ukraine is the world’s eighth largest steel producer, according to the report. The world’s crude steel production reached 1.527 billion tonnes in 2011, increasing by 6.8 [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-boosts-steel-output-in-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-declares-measles-outbreak/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-declares-measles-outbreak/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:50:17 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=76872 Kiev, Jan 16 (IANS) Ukraine Monday declared an outbreak of measles, with at least 883 cases of the infectious disease reported across the country so far. Sergey Platov, a top official in the health ministry, however, said it was still too early to talk about the epidemic, according to Xinhua. Platov told the press that [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-declares-measles-outbreak/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/five-killed-in-ukraine-bank-robbery/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/five-killed-in-ukraine-bank-robbery/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:54:36 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=73233 Kiev, Dec 30 (IANS) Five people were killed when robbers struck a bank in eastern Ukraine. The robbery took place at 3 p.m. Thursday in Privatbank in the centre of Donetsk city. Four bank employees and a security officer were killed at the scene, the bank said. Police declined to give more details, reports Xinhua. [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/five-killed-in-ukraine-bank-robbery/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/uefa-pleased-with-euro-2012-preparations-says-ukraine/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/uefa-pleased-with-euro-2012-preparations-says-ukraine/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:36:53 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=64865 Kiev, Nov 22 (IANS) The European football’s governing body, UEFA, is pleased with Ukraine’s preparations for next year’s European Championship, Markian Lubkivsky, the top organiser in Ukraine, said. ‘In recent years Ukraine has made significant progress and we have no substantive reprimand in terms of preparations,’ he told media Monday, adding that Ukraine has 200 [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/uefa-pleased-with-euro-2012-preparations-says-ukraine/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-minister-calls-for-end-to-stray-animals-killing/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-minister-calls-for-end-to-stray-animals-killing/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:57:06 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=64039 Kiev, Nov 18 (IANS) A Ukraine minister has called for an end to stray animals’ killing ahead of the Euro 2012 Soccer Championship. Stray animals, especially dogs, are a big problem in Ukraine. It is estimated that nearly 30,000 dogs run loose in Kiev while hundreds of thousands of others roam around the country, Xinhua [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-minister-calls-for-end-to-stray-animals-killing/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/euro-2012-main-stadium-to-re-open-with-ukraine-germany-friendly/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/euro-2012-main-stadium-to-re-open-with-ukraine-germany-friendly/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:15:27 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=62648 Kiev, Nov 12 (IANS) A friendly football match between Ukraine and Germany here Friday will be the first match organised in the renovated Olympic stadium which will host the final of Euro 2012 Championship. Ukrainian fans are waiting for the victory of their team. It is a matter of honour for the Ukrainian footballers to [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/euro-2012-main-stadium-to-re-open-with-ukraine-germany-friendly/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukrainian-police-to-learn-english-for-euro-2012/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukrainian-police-to-learn-english-for-euro-2012/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:57:34 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=62057 Kiev, Nov 9 (IANS) Ukraine’s ministry of internal affairs plans to teach English to about 27,000 police officers ahead of the of Euro 2012 football championship, the government said. Nearly 14,000 officers in Kiev, Kharkiv, Lvov and Dotetsk regions where the tournament will be held, as well as some 13,000 police officers in other regions [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukrainian-police-to-learn-english-for-euro-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-to-build-shelters-for-stray-dogs/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-to-build-shelters-for-stray-dogs/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:20:06 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=61051 Kiev, Nov 4 (IANS) Ukraine will build shelters for stray dogs in big cities ahead of the Euro 2012 football championship, the government has announced. ‘It is extremely important for Ukraine to solve the problem of stray dogs in a civilised manner. This case become topical on the eve of the Euro-2012,’ Mykola Zlochevsky, minister [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukraine-to-build-shelters-for-stray-dogs/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukrainian-makes-flying-electric-car/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukrainian-makes-flying-electric-car/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:11:24 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=59205 Kiev, Oct 26 (IANS) A Ukrainian student has received a patent for making a flying electric car that can remain airborne for about an hour. ‘Eco-Grieg’ is a hybrid electric vehicle and helicopter that is cheap to run. It is also ‘absolutely green’, Alexander Avramenko, a student at the Ukrainian Small Academy of Sciences, told [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/ukrainian-makes-flying-electric-car/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/russia-to-rent-pilot-training-facilities-in-ukraine/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/russia-to-rent-pilot-training-facilities-in-ukraine/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:04:57 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=58013 Kiev, Oct 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is ready to rent facilities on Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula for naval pilot training, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said. In line with a 1997 bilateral agreement, Russia occasionally uses the Nitka Naval Pilot Training Centre in Ukraine as the training facility for its naval pilots. ‘We have discussed the [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/russia-to-rent-pilot-training-facilities-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/women-detained-for-topless-protest-in-ukraine/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/women-detained-for-topless-protest-in-ukraine/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:06:17 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=53149 Kiev, Sep 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four women activists were arrested Tuesday for staging a topless protest near Ukrainian capital Kiev’s main sports arena during a visit by UEFA chief Michel Platini. The demonstration – ‘Euro without prostitution’ – was held as Ukraine along with Poland prepares to host the 2012 European Football Championship. Platini arrived [...]

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