KIEV, Aug. 28 ??“ Ukraine has been preparing for at least a 42% hike in natural gas prices next year during on-going talks with Russia, First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Ihor Bakay, a close confidant of former President Leonid Kuchma accused of embezzling 800 million hryvnias in state property, was granted Russian citizenship and cannot be extradited to Ukraine, prosecutors said.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - President Viktor Yushchenko cited founding documents of the Common Economic Space, a bloc that also includes Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, to defend establishing a free trade agreement between the four.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Land for construction under businesses will be allocated on a competitive basis only, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a government meeting.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - The Industrial Policy Ministry has recommended price increases for some types of metal products as of September, Deputy Minister Serhiy Hryschenko said.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Large-scale housing construction will help push down housing prices, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KYIV, July 25 – As part of his visit to China, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Thursday, July 25, where he met with Head of the Administration John Lee.

WASHINGTON, July 25 - The Pentagon has found $2 billion worth of additional errors in its calculations for ammunition, missiles and other equipment sent to Ukraine, increasing the improperly valued material to a total of $8.2 billion, Reuters reported Thursday citing a U.S. government report.

KYIV, July 26 – The UNESCO World Heritage Committee in its official decisions approved the wording "full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation" in the context of the causes of threats to cultural heritage sites in Ukraine, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy reports.

KYIV, July 26 – The Ministry of Finance considers increasing the military levy as an option to finance growing defense spending compared to increasing the value-added tax (VAX), arguing its position by protecting vulnerable categories of the population.