Партия регионов требует немедленной отставки министра здравоохранения Василия Князевича.

Об этом заявил лидер Партии регионов Виктор Янукович в интервью журналистам в Харькове, сообщает "Интерфакс-Украина".

"Наши требования – немедленно освободить от занимаемой должности министра здравоохранения Василия Князевича и всех, кто имеет к этому отношение, – заместителей министра, руководителей департаментов", - сказал он.

Кроме того, по его словам, Партия регионов требует немедленно завезти в Украину оборудование для тестирования вируса A/H1N1.

Янукович также сказал, что Партия регионов считает, что органам здравоохранения в регионах необходимо отчитаться на сессиях местных советов об уровне готовности медучреждений к проведению профилактики и антивирусных мероприятий.

При этом он отметил, что Партия регионов готова приобрести марлевые повязки и все необходимые медикаменты.

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Как и предполагалось, из-за эпидемии гриппа, который захватил Украину, некоторые футбольные матчи перенесены на более поздний срок.

Центральный матч первого круга в первой лиге ФК «Львов» - ПФК «Севастополь» перенесен.

«Как сообщил вице-президент ПФК «Севастополь» Евгений Репенков, встреча 17-го тура между ФК «Львов» и ПФК «Севастополь» ПЕРЕНЕСЕНА НА ВЕСНУ. Причина – пандемия гриппа A/H1N1, накрывшего Западную Украину. Распоряжением главы Львовской областной госадминистрации в области объявлен карантин, отменяющий любые массовые мероприятия, в том числе и спортивные, к коим можно отнести и футбольные матчи. По предварительной информации, по этой же причине может быть перенесен и матч 18-го тура в Тернополе», - сообщает официальный сай... Read more »

n Ternopil a quarantine is prolonged because of high level of prevalence of flu and acute respiratory viral infection.

The press office of the city council disclosed to an UNIAN correspondent, the relevant decision was made today at the regular session of city extraordinary antiepidemic commission under chairmanship of deputy city chairman on social issues Roman Legkiy.

 During the session the head state sanitary inspector of Ternopil Volodymyr Panichev said that as of October 27 level of prevalence of acute respiratory viral infection and diseases similar to flu in the city makes up 255.5 per 10 thousands of population.

WASHINGTON -- The pitched drama over bonuses for bailed-out executives will be revived on Capitol Hill Wednesday as a government watchdog explains how some executives nearly brought down the financial system -- then pocketed millions.

Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the $700 billion financial rescue program, will answer questions about a new report outlining the official missteps that led to massive bonus payments for executives at insurer American International Group Inc.

In a report released Tuesday, Barofsky wrote that the Treasury Department did not understand AIG's byzantine pay structures when it gave the firm billions in aid last fall. The government has committed a total of more than $180 billion to wind down the New York-based insurance and financial services conglomerate, and now owns about 80 percent of the company.

AIG's bonuses sparked a political firestorm earlier this year when it was revealed that the government could not legally ... Read more »

The battle over health care reform has only just begun. 

After an overhaul package that was months in the making cleared a major hurdle Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now must grapple with stiff Republican opposition and warring factions among Democrats as they try to bring an acceptable bill to the floor. 

The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 to send its version of reform legislation to the Senate floor, becoming the last of five panels to act on legislation and marking the biggest advance so far toward health care reform. 

But President Obama previewed the tough road ahead, even as he hailed the vote as a "critical milestone" late Tuesday and pledged to "get this done." 

"We have a lot of difficult work ahead of us. There's still significant details and disagreements to be worked ou... Read more »

The report issued by the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Atomic Inspection on the cause of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant accident is chock full of senseless data designed to divert attention away from the core issues. In plain English, the report’s findings read as follows:

Following repairs, an unbalanced GA-2 turbine unit was labeled as “satisfactory” and installed at the plant in March. The GA-2 unit reached the maximum allowable level of vibration from the moment it began operation, with the vibrations increasing fourfold by August. For this reason, an effort was made not to use the GA-2 unit at all. But a fire at the Bratsk hydroelectric plant on the evening of Aug. 16 prompted dispatchers to increase demand on the Sayano-Shushenskaya facility.

The GA-2 unit was brought on line at 11:05 p.m. and operated for exactly nine hours and nine minutes before the disaster occurred. During those hours, the GA-2 lost power three times... Read more »

There are three surnames of the lawmakers of the Verkhovna Rada in the case corruption of minors in “Artek”.

Lawmaker from the BYUT Grygoriy Omelchenko, who made addresses because of the corruption of minors in “Artek”, said this to “Ukrainska Pravda ”.

“There are surnames of three lawmakers. I made requests on September 7 and September 12. The last one was with new evidences, there were three surnames of the lawmakers and a priest”, he said.

He also said that the psychological examination was carried out and testimonies of children were checked at a polygraph detector. “Experts recognized that children tell truth concerning conditions of the crime against them”, said G. Omelchenko.

“The forensic medical examination was carried out and it showed that children have been raped during three years”... Read more »

Artist Tony Matelli is on show for the second year running in Moscow at the Gary Tatintsian Gallery with his exhibition “The Idiot.”

Those who remember the previous installation, “Survival,” may be disappointed. Most people remember “Survival” for “Old Enemy, New Victim,” a sculpture that consisted of two skinny monkeys attacking a much larger variety of their kind in what looked like a fight to the death.

“In ‘Survival,’ every item was shocking. Now visitors look at the installation and wonder where the exhibition is. They ask if it was called off,” gallery director Victoria Pukemova said.

Looking around “The Idiot,” you could think it was just a couple of boxes, a small flame and some plants.

Matelli is known for his attention to details. A sculpture of a topless women that stood in the Tatintsian gallery has fooled many a visitor into thinking it ... Read more »