KIEV, July 13 – The leader of the Front for Change initiative, MP Arseniy Yatseniuk, forecasts that Ukraine's banking system will not overcome the financial crisis soon.

He said this after a meeting of the Diplomatic Club attended by Polish economist Leszek Balcerowicz, according to the Front for Change's press service.

LONDON, July 13 – Russian journalists are complaining about the absence of open political debate in Russia, and prefer working in Ukraine whether there is "real politics," the British newspaper the Financial Times has reported.

KIEV, July 13 – Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko remain the two most popular politicians in Ukraine six months ahead of the next presidential election, a poll released Monday shows.

KIEV, July 13 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko agreed to postpone a reshuffle of the government until September, seeking to win support from the opposition Regions Party for two anti-crisis bills.

KIEV, July 11 – The European Union and Ukraine will sign a new enhanced agreement on partnership and cooperation at the beginning of 2009.

KIEV, July 12 – Parliament on Friday rejected Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s amendments to the 2008 budget, postponing for at least two months crucial spending initiatives aimed at helping the poor weather high inflation.

HAMBURG, July 14 - Ukraine's Vladimir Klitschko knocked out America's Tony Thompson in the 11th round to retain his WBO and IBF world heavyweight titles, AFP reported on Sunday.

KIEV, July 13 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s government survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament Friday after two small opposition groups, including the pro-Russian Communist Party, suddenly refused to back the motion.

KIEV, July 10 - The Yalta European Strategy (YES) will hold its fifth annual forum on Ukraine-EU affairs starting Thursday.

More than 160 politicians, businessmen, public figures, diplomats and journalists from 20 states will take part in the forum, the Viktor Pinchuk Foundation said.

KIEV, July 13 ??“ Coal stocks at Ukrainian power plants should have no less than 4 million tons by the start of the new heating season, Fuel and Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov said Wednesday.