KIEV , Dec. 2 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny has extended a contract for provision of legal services with Wikborg, Rein & Co. Advokatfirma DA ( Norway ), which provides support for arbitral proceedings on Naftogaz's suit against Russia 's Gazprom.

KIEV , Dec. 2 - A delegation of Qatari businessmen will visit Ukraine in the near future, the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman on December 2 met with advisor of the Emir of Qatar for culture Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari and discussed practical measures to deepen cooperation between Ukraine and Qatar in various fields.

ODESSA, Dec. 5 – Ukrainian border service when monitoring the maritime zone in Ukraine on board the Hryhoriy Kuropiatnikov with participation of representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Military Prosecutor General's Office, environment inspectorate, Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Chornomornaftogaz and other agencies observed violations of international maritime law by Russia near the Odeske gas field in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

KIEV, Dec. 3 - Deputy Prime Ministers Yuriy Boyko of Ukraine and Dmitry Rogozin of Russia have discussed opportunities for Ukrainian-Russian space projects, the administration of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Dec. 4 – The revenues of Ukraine's state budget in the first 11 months of 2013 amounted to UAH 309 billion, which was UAH 3 billion more than in the same period in 2012, but UAH 34 billion less than envisaged in this year's budget, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

KIEV, Dec. 5 – State Food-Grain Corporation will invest $200 million in the modernization of elevators in 2014-2015 as a part of a credit agreement with China.

BEIJING, Dec. 5 - Kiev and Beijing are not negotiating the rent of Ukrainian land by Chinese companies, Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.

KIEV, Dec. 5 – Ukraine will retain its financial stability if the crisis in the country is quickly settled, otherwise there is a threat of destabilization, First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov said.

KIEV, Dec. 4 – Ukraine will provide UAH 21.5 billion of subsidies to control household natural gas heating prices next year, according to the government’s proposed 2013 budget.

KIEV, Dec. 4 – The trade union organization of ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih steel mill in Dnipropetrovsk region has sent an open letter to the Ukrainian leadership, local authorities and prosecutors with a request that they help the company's employees resist the layoff policy conducted by the mill's owner, Lakshmi Mittal.