KIEV, Nov. 12 – Healthcare Minister Vasyl Kniazevych said Thursday he will ask President Viktor Yushchenko to sign legislation that requires the National Bank of Ukraine to print one billion hryvnias to fight flu epidemic.

KIEV, Nov. 12 - Ukraine could cut steel roll production 11.8% this year to 33 million tons, according to materials for a roundtable with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, devoted to the sector's problems.

KIEV, Nov. 12 – The governments of Ukraine and the United States have signed a memorandum of mutual understanding laying the ground for the return of Overseas Private Investment Corporation to Ukraine, the Ukrainian Economy Ministry's press service reported.

KIEV, Nov. 12 – Ukraine’s Parliament on Wednesday voted to oust Arseniy Yatseniuk as its speaker, opening the way for a possible reshuffle of the government and dismissal of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Nov. 11 – President Viktor Yushchenko has called for an increase in domestic car production.

Yushchenko said at a meeting with representatives of the auto industry in Ukraine in Kiev on Monday that benefits had been granted to support the sector, including fiscal and trade measures, and that "such policies have yielded positive results."

KIEV, Nov. 12 – Ukraine’s political groups on Monday failed to make any progress for setting up the first session of Parliament following the snap election, postponing an important meeting for at least 24 hours.

KIEV, Nov. 12 - Ukraine’s oil and natural gas output from offshore fields in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov was not disrupted by recent severe storm in the area, ChornomorNaftoGaz reported Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 12 - Ukraine will seek to change maritime regulations for oil tanker shipments in the Kerch Strait, following a major oil spill in the area Sunday, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 10 ??“ Ukraine, which depends on Russian crude oil supplies, ordered a feasibility study to see whether the country can get additional oil supplies from the Caspian region, Middle East and North Africa.

KIEV, Nov. 11 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko??™s Our Ukraine party pledged on Saturday to seek the cancellation of controversial amendments to the constitution that had shifted many presidential powers to the prime minister earlier this year.