KIEV, Oct. 28 – The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday let the hryvnia slide to 5.50 to the U.S. dollar in a move that may open the way for aggressive depreciation of the local currency.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – Russia has been seeking to hike by almost 50% prices of natural gas to be supplied to Ukraine next year, but Kiev has rejected the dramatic hike as politically motivated.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – The reconstruction of Donetsk international airport will be completed in 2010, the State Aviation Administration forecasts.

The total budget of the project is UAH625.61 million.

NEW YORK, Sept 27 - A majority of U.S. House Republicans rejected a series of efforts to cut back on funding for Ukraine on Wednesday, voting down a trio of amendments to a Pentagon appropriations bill that would have curtailed Washington’s financial support for Kyiv.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Ukraine needs $43 billion in external financing from the state budget in 2024; attracting it will be more difficult than this year; the Ministry of Finance is doing everything possible to guarantee its receipt, Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on the national telethon on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 - The House late Thursday night overwhelmingly approved $300 million in new aid to Ukraine. The 311-117 vote came after House GOP leaders on Wednesday stripped the Ukraine assistance from a Pentagon funding bill. All “no” votes came from Republicans, The Hill reported.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The Cabinet of Ministers has agreed on the signing of an agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the establishment of a project office in the country to provide it with technical and humanitarian assistance in the face of Russian military aggression.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Ukrainians support accession to the EU and NATO and consider the fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko the most effective in international politics, according to the results of a sociological study conducted by the Socis Center.

KYIV, Sept 28 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) hopes for extension of the program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for 6-9 months, Governor of the NBU Kyrylo Shevchenko has stated.

BUDAPEST, Sept 28 - A diplomatic conflict between Hungary and Ukraine deepened on Tuesday when the two countries summoned each other’s ambassadors over Budapest’s decision to sign a long-term contract to purchase Russian gas, something Ukraine considers a blow to its economic and national security interests, AP reported.