KIEV, Oct. 10 - President Viktor Yushchenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday discussed plans for resuming talks over creation of a trilateral German-Ukrainian-Russian joint venture to operate natural gas pipelines in Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 10 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday appointed Vitaliy Hayduk, a former deputy prime minister in charge of the energy sector, as his top security advisor, Viktor Baloha, Yushchenko??™s chief of staff, said.

KIEV, Oct. 10 ??“ Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG, Austria's largest bank, paid $1 bln to acquire a 93.3% stake in Aval, Ukraine's second largest commercial bank, an Austrian newspaper reported Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 10 ??“ Ukraine banned imports of poultry from Turkey and Romania and introduced strict border control measures Monday as it scrambles to prevent a possible bird flue virus from entering the country.

KIEV, Oct. 10 ??“ Petro Poroshenko, a former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, will be investigated for abusing powers while apparently trying to extort two companies earlier this year, the Prosecutor General Office reported Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 10 ??“ The British company Enertec will advise to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) on providing a loan to Ukraine's national power generating company EnergoAtom.

KIEV, Oct. 10 ??“ The Antimonopoly Committee has given the green light to Pulp Mill Holding GmbH (Austria) to purchase shares of Kyivsky cardboard and paper mill of Obukhiv, Kiev region.

KIEV, Oct. 10 ??“ Kiev expects to receive a foreign loan in the first half of November, Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko said.

KYIV, Sept 6 - Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ukraine's Long-Term Local-Currency (LTLC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'CCC+' from 'CCC-', and affirmed the Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR at 'RD' (Restricted Default)," the agency said on its website.

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 - The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced new sanctions against a Ukrainian lawmaker, accusing him of being an "active Russian agent" who is part of Moscow's interference in the 2020 campaign, CNN reported.