KIEV, April 8 – Officials from the Presidential Secretariat have stated that Ukraine might tighten its visa regime with the countries of the European Union if EU officials don't do anything to make it easier for Ukrainians to visit the union.

KIEV, April 9 - President Viktor Yushchenko left for Azerbaijan on Thursday for a two-day visit to discuss energy projects, including supplies of Caspian Sea crude oil via Ukrainian oil pipelines to Europe.

KIEV, April 9 – The government managed to get inflation under control in Ukraine, Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn said Thursday in comments over the slower pace of consumer prices hikes registered in March.

KIEV, April 9 – Ukraine will seek to obtain two installments in one shot from the International Monetary Fund after resuming borrowing within its $16.4 billion emergency loan, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Thursday.

KIEV, April 9 – Gazprom, the Russian gas giant, has been taking steps to register a fully-owned subsidiary in Ukraine that would focus on selling gas to Ukrainian consumers, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday.

KIEV, April 9 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s group temporarily postponed plans for creating, jointly with the opposition Regions Party, a panel for re-writing the constitution after a strong warning from its only coalition partner, Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense.

KIEV, April 9 – Ukraine is “disappointed” by comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that Moscow would do all it can to prevent Kiev’s accession to NATO, Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko said Wednesday.

CHISINAU, April 6 ??“ Ukraine will keep intact a trade regime that forces TransDnistrian companies to register in Moldova before their exports and imports cross the Ukrainian border, a news agency reported.

KIEV, April 9 ??“ Ukraine??™s on-going political crisis may start affecting economy within the next two weeks, First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov said Monday.

KIEV, April 9 ??“ Most of Ukrainians believed that lawmakers switching sides in Parliament are grossly distorting results of general election and thus must be fired, according to an opinion poll released on Friday.