KIEV, Oct. 11 - Ukraine needs up to three years to prepare its economy for transition to world market prices for natural gas, energy and fuel minister Yuriy Boyko said Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 11 - Ukraine??™s government on Wednesday decided to lower by 18.1% price of natural gas supplied to households following three weeks of considerations, Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, Oct. 11 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday he may accept resignations of two key pro-NATO figures, Foreign Minister Boris Tarasiuk and Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, if talks on broad government coalition eventually collapse.

KIEV, Oct. 11 ??“ Boris Berezovsky, a controversial Russian billionaire in exile, may have committed $20 mln to finance election campaign of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a prominent Russian politician said. Boris Nemtsov said Berezovsky had personally told him about the funding.

KIEV, Oct. 11 ??“ Poland and Ukraine seek to boost cooperation in the natural gas sector, including making mutual investments in gas extraction and distribution projects, a newspaper reported Tuesday citing a Polish official.

KIEV, Oct. 11 ??“ Ukraine switched to deficit from surplus in foreign trade with goods for the first time in years as imports outpaced exports, encouraged by a stronger hryvnia, released data shows.

KIEV, Oct. 11 - Energy and Fuel Minister Ivan Plachkov and chairman of the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny Oleksiy Ivchenko left for Turkmenistan Tuesday for natural gas talks, the government??™s press service reported.

KYIV, Sept 9 – The Swedish government has announced the 17th package of military assistance to Ukraine worth SEK 4.6 billion, or EUR 400 million, on Monday.

KYIV, Sept 9 - A senior Ukrainian official said Monday that Western partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because of strong suspicions Iran has provided ballistic missiles for the Kremlin’s war effort.

KYIV, Sept 10 – The promised $50 billion in revenue from frozen Russian assets, which the G7 has earmarked for Ukraine in 2025, is the resource allowing the government to settle for a smaller tax increase than initially proposed, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.