The Nord Stream Consortium (NS) is implementing successive stages of the Nord Stream gas pipeline project. The consortium has prepared a logistical base for constructing the first branch, and has started the construction of the Nord Stream OPAL section. It has obtained the first construction permit from Denmark...
The official campaign before the presidential elections scheduled for 17 January 2010 began on 19 October. The frontrunners are Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko. Neither of them is likely to gain an absolute majority in the first round, and so the election is expected to be resolved in a runoff on 31 January.
