KIEV, Aug. 12 – Two pro-democracy institutes from the U.S. will criticize President Viktor Yanukovych for backtracking on democratic gains made since the Orange Revolution in 2004, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 10 – Front for Change Party leader Arseniy Yatseniuk has called on the Cabinet of Ministers to urgently draft a concrete action plan to protect the country from food shortages and a jump in food prices.

LVIV, Aug. 11 - UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino has praised the current stage of Lviv's preparations for hosting the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.

"We discussed in detail the progress that has been made by Lviv in its preparations for Euro 2012 since our previous visits and since the visit to Lviv of UEFA President Michel Platini.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – Ukraine will fulfill the recommendations of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) so as to prevent the national reserves of Sofia Kyivska and Kiev Pechersk Lavra being put on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger, said Yakiv Dikhtiar, First Deputy Head of the State Service for Cultural Heritage.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – The hryvnia lost value against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, a day after the National Bank of Ukraine had cut key interest rates, with NBU officials blaming “political chaos” for the local currency’s weakening.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – President Viktor Yushchenko’s party, Our Ukraine, on Wednesday called “aggressive” the recent letter from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, adding that Moscow has been “zombying” its people to try to incite anti-Ukrainian sentiment.

KIEV, Aug. 11 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny apparently paid for July imports of Russian gas by selling an issue of UAH 18.6 billion in state bonds the state contributed to the national oil and gas company's charter capital.

KIEV, Aug. 11 – The value of outstanding state domestic loan bonds grew from Aug. 3-10 by UAH 18.612 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

Taking into account the initial offering of state domestic loan bonds worth UAH11.59 million over the period, this means that the government earlier issued bonds worth UAH18.6 billion to increase the statutory fund of National JSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – According to international practice, insurance companies pay a leading role in the compensation of material losses from natural disaster risks, reducing pressure on the state, the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine (LIOU) said in a letter to President Viktor Yuschenko.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – In an unprecedented move, leaders of five countries, led by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Tuesday traveled thousands kilometers across a war zone to Tbilisi to show support for Georgia, which is battling invading Russian troops.