KIEV, May 12 – The National Bank of Ukraine is ready to stop “unnatural” hryvnia exchange rate fluctuations and promises to provide access to currency to the public and businesses, according to Volodymyr Krotiuk deputy governor.

KIEV, May 12 – The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution amending the entry procedure for foreigners and people without citizenship coming to Ukraine, leaving it or crossing it.

The decision was backed by a resolution of May 6, 2009 (No. 445), the cabinet's Web site reports.

KIEV, May 12 – Pension Fund expenditures will increase from 15 to 16.5 percent of GDP in Ukraine in 2009, among the highest in the world, according to the head of the IMF mission, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu.

LONDON/KIEV. May 12 - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Ukraine's foreign and local currency government bond ratings to B2 from B1, and assigned a negative outlook, mainly to reflect the continuing fragility of both the Ukrainian macroeconomy and its banking system.

KIEV, May 12 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, has been struggling to meet its debt payment obligations, increasing the chance of default this year, the country’s financial watchdog warned on Tuesday.

KIEV, May 12 – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday may uphold President Viktor Yushchenko’s appeal and reject October 25 as the date of the next presidential election, Ukrayinska Pravda reported Tuesday, citing a source.

KIEV, May 12 – Internal Affairs Minister Yuriy Lutsenko on Tuesday came under pressure to resign after reports emerged he had been detained by German police in Frankfurt airport May 4 following a clash with Lufthansa crew.

KIEV, May 12 — Ukraine on Monday barred the powerful Moscow mayor from entering the country in the future for reportedly suggesting that it should cede a key city to Russia, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, May 12 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, days after canceling oil exploration and production license for a U.S. oil company, said Monday that state resources must be used to develop Ukraine’s vast offshore oil fields.

KIEV, May 11 - The government will shortly unveil a new price-setting formula that will peg domestic gasoline and diesel fuel prices to world crude oil prices, Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin said Wednesday.