At a Government meeting, the Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that the state support of independent examination of goods will be restored. "The current situation with the quality of goods and services must be radically changed. We will elaborate a system of measures to prevention situations, when low-quality and dangerous products appear on store shelves. It is about the nation's health, so there can be no compromises when it comes to this issue," he said.

Long-awaited tax system reforms finally have the opportunity to be implemented. The President Viktor Yanukovych criticized the preliminary draft document that was later submitted to the national discussion. A new Tax Code version was published after a month of public discussions and five thousand comments and offers processing. Government Members presented it to journalists in the Club of Cabinet Ministers.

State authority is doing everything possible to improve the public finance field. Thus, all the protected state items have been financed during eight months of this year and retiree commitments met.  The State Treasury, Ministry of Finance, State Tax Service started the work with the second and third register VAT payers, whose VAT will be refunded by obligations. It is about 10.5 billion UAH state debt, returned by taxpayers. The information was reported by the Prime Minister Mykola Azarov at yesterday's Government meeting.

Complex problems of educational field were in the spotlight this week. After Thursday’s meeting of the Humanitarian council chaired by the President, the Cabinet of Ministers held an expanded special meeting on the development of education yesterday. Thus, the Head of the Government Mykola Azarov kept his promise to pay special attention to this area.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov met Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic Walid Al-Muallim, who payed an official visit to Kyiv .

The end of Mykola Azarov’s vacation had absolutely no impact on Government meetings. It seems that on the contrary, Cabinet members consolidated their efforts and successfully resolved all issues on the agenda, despite the fact that the Head of the Government had something to tell his subordinates and journalists.

Resumption or start of the construction of several large infrastructure facilities, including in the framework of preparations for Euro-2012, is an important element of economic growth in Ukraine, the First Vice Prime Minister Andriy Klyuev announced.

The first steps of independent Ukraine were a test for all of us - a test of maturity, patience, tolerance and common sense. Ukrainians can undoubtedly improve life in their own home, we affectionately call our motherland.  However, we had some doubts when everything was just starting, didn’t we? Find out this and more in this informative interview with one of the creators of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine. 

The Sixth Kyiv International Book Fair, organized in the Kyiv International Exhibition Center, can be described like this: "Tell me, who visited it on the first day, and I'll tell you what the future of books in Ukraine is.” the President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov extended congratulations on this important event. The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Anatoliy Tolstoukhov, Head of the State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting Yuriy Plaksyuk cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony.  

At yesterday’s Government meeting, the First Vice Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev reminded Cabinet members of the fire situation, especially in the south-eastern regions, which was recently discussed at a telephone conference with leaders of all regions under the chairmanship of the President.