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Ukraine weather forecaster's remarks spark storm: This article is about a Ukrainian weatherman who, while making his weather forecast, commented on Ukraine's political unrest. He was on National Radio when he made his comment. Lyudmila Savchenko was commenting on the beautiful weather of spring when she said, "Sometimes it seems like the nature is compensation for the disorder, lawlessness and injustice in our country." Ukrainian National Radio has no cancelled their live newscast. They will now prerecord their newscasts. Savchenko said she was fully aware of the consiquence of what she said. "I did what I had to," she said. "I said what I believed was true and I still believe it. I knew I would never go on air again."

Ukraine Looks to Texas for an Energy Path In Fort Worth, Texas energy companies have discovered that they can produce natural gas from shale. This method has become known as fracking. Ukraine, who is sitting on very large shale deposits, is looking for business. This year, Ukraine has already had discussions with companies such as Exxon Mobile, Shell, and Chevron. Their president, Viktor Yanukovych, has signed an agreement with the US about shale-gas exploration. He has also made an agreement with the European Union that will open Ukraine's pipeline systems to Western companies. Ukraine hopes that this will increase their energy market and reduce world reliance on Russia and the Middle East for gas and oil.

Ghost Town Bears Witness to Lasting Nuclear Scourge This article is about the Chernobyl nuclear plant that erupted and gave off wide spread radiation. The extend of the damage done by Chernobyl was almost impossible to follow. It took the TASS, official news agency, to even hear and report about the incident. This disaster is a reminder of what can happen when technology goes wrong. This was reported about after the Japan earthquake and nuclear reactor plant was shut down. This ghost town is an ever standing reminder of the fatal nuclear plant and wide spread nuclear radiation.

Ukraine takes fourth place at Eurovision Song Contest This article talks about the Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place every year in Europe. The contest is for prising stars and singers in countries aross Europe. The Ukrainian artist Mika Newton took fourth place with her song Angel. This years contest was held in Dusseldorf, Germany. This years winner was the duet of Eldar Gasimov and Niga Jamal from Azerbaijan, with their song Running Scared. Next year's contest i to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Ukraine in talks on gas This article is about Russian gas import prices. Ukraine is trying to renegotiate the import price that was set in 2009 while Yulia Tymoshenko was still in office for Prime Minister. The current Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov said, "Negotiations have just begun. … I do not doubt that we will arrive at a formula that is acceptable to us." The government says that the price set for gas prices was set unfairly high. the agreement for gas prices was set on the basis of oil prices, which has since risen quite a lot. It also set a base price for 1,000 cubic meters of supplies for $450. this is the highest price in Europe.