KIEV, Sept. 11 — Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, on trial in Kiev over charges stemming from the natural gas agreement with Russia she concluded in 2009, called on the European Union to reject an important and trade and political agreement with Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 9 – The Ukrainian authorities will not allow a downturn in the national economy if the price of natural gas is raised, said Iryna Akimova first deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration.

KIEV, Sept. 10 – The lack of political stability in Ukraine affects the country's investment attractiveness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Jorge Zukoski told Interfax-Ukraine.

Today's situation, with the lack of the political stability and lack of predictability of the business environment, causes the competitive level of Ukraine's investment attractiveness to fall considerably.

KIEV, Sept. 11 - The lack of a long-term agreement with Russia, Ukraine’s only gas supplier, and the resulting price uncertainty are the main threats for the country’s economy in 2009, Parliament Speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk said Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was in a “great” mood after spending five hours at the Prosecutor General’s Office Thursday questioned in connection with the 2004 poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko, Tymoshenko’s spokeswoman said.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered the approval of a plan on the realization of agreements reached during a working visit of the president to Turkey to take part in the summit of head of states of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).

KIEV, Sept. 11 – The World Bank is ready to cooperate with Ukraine in the construction of the infrastructure for the EURO-2012 soccer games, provided that Kiev amends the law on state purchase and raises the efficiency of using grants and loans from international organizations, Martin Raiser, an expert with the bank, said Tuesday, according to Deutsche Welle.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – The introduction by the National Bank of Ukraine of restrictions on interest rates on foreign loans attracted by Ukrainian banks includes too tough wording, which could create obstacles for all Ukrainian banks, according to Volodymyr Lavrenchuk, the head of Raiffeisen Bank Aval.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – President Viktor Yushchenko, citing a preliminary investigation, said undisclosed Ukrainian politicians probably played a role in his poisoning in September 2004, four months before he won the presidency.

KIEV, Sept. 11 ??“ Ethnic tensions in Crimea may escalate within days, now that a Russian group has apparently refused to dismantle its marketplace located at a sacred Muslim area by an earlier agreed deadline, an official said Monday.