KIEV, Sept. 9 – The use of the domestic gas transport system at full capacity over the long term is a priority for Ukraine in its talks with Russia, said Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko.

KIEV, Sept. 9 - The Ukrainian government is committed to its plans for conducting reforms in Ukraine, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said at a meeting with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – The Cabinet of Ministers has underestimated the macroeconomic indices it used to prepare Ukraine’s 2008 budget, according to the Secretariat of President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday rejected allegations that his government had helped a well-connected businessman to acquire a stake in the country’s largest fossil burning power plant.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – President Viktor Yushchenko’s office cautiously reacted to a surprise reshuffle of the Russian government that some view as the start of the transfer of power from Vladimir Putin to a successor.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - Ukraine may start selling state assets next year for U.S. dollars, reversing the current practice of selling the assets only for hryvnias, acting Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk said Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - President Viktor Yushchenko, introducing Ihor Drizhchaniy as the chief of the SBU security service on Monday, called for a quick investigation into allegations of corruption that had triggered the recent dismissal of his first government.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - The Finance Ministry has amended Ukraine??™s draft 2006 budget by significantly increasing spending on development projects that aim at boosting economic growth, acting Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk said Monday.

NADVIRNA (Ivano-Frankivsk region), Sept. 12 - The first stage of the Zhulyn-Nadvirna oil pipeline, which links the Zhulyn oil pumping station of the Druzhba trunk oil pipeline (Lviv region) with the Nadvirna oil refinery run by Naftokhimik Prykarpattia (Ivano-Frankivsk region), has been commissioned.

MOSCOW, Sept. 12 - Imports of Ukrainian pipes to Russia in January-July grew 3.8% to 347,700 tons, according to the Russian Federal Customs Service.