KIEV, Sept. 13 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday assured the European Union that Ukraine is committed to providing reliable transit of Russian natural gas via its gas pipelines to markets in Europe.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – A new intergovernmental agreement on the cooperation in gas sector between Russia and Ukraine may be worked out by the time of the two countries' premiers meeting scheduled for October, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters on Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – The International Monetary Fund hopes that the Ukrainian authorities will conduct the necessary legal proceedings to raise gas prices for households in time and will take steps to protect the most vulnerable sections of the population in this connection.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – Oleksandr Savchenko, a deputy governor at the National Bank of Ukraine, resigned on Friday citing sharp disagreement with the bank’s leadership over key monetary policy issues and the hryvnia’s devaluation.

KIEV, Sept. 10 - The International Monetary Fund is likely to defer the allocation of the fourth tranche of a stand-by loan for Ukraine and not provide a fifth tranche at all, experts polled by Interfax said.

KIEV, Sept. 13 - Ukraine and Turkmenistan, the country’s main source of gas, reached a preliminary agreement over keeping natural gas prices unchanged at $100/1,000 cubic meters in 2008, Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko said Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 13 – Public support for the group led by former Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has increased over the past month, suggesting it may end up in Parliament after the Sept. 30 election, three independent opinion polls showed.

KIEV, Sept. 12 ??“ The Cabinet of Ministers will tighten cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union under a new basic agreement, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said in Kiev on Monday.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 13 - An EU-Ukraine free trade area could be just around the corner following a European Commission proposal suggested on Wednesday, The Parliament, a European politics magazine, reported.

KIEV, Sept. 13 - Ukraine's economy contracted in August for the first time in six years marking a shocking reversal from the robust expansion last year.