KIEV, Jan. 9 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s government on Wednesday launched a massive campaign to return billions of hryvnias in failed Soviet-era bank deposits, a plan that some analysts fear may exacerbate Ukraine’s high inflation.

KIEV, Jan. 8 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko intends to hold a comprehensive audit of the financial activities of the coal industry over the past five years as a response to "extremely bad" signs of financial abuses in the coal industry.

KIEV, Jan. 9 - Ukraine was recently on the verge of losing its gas transportation system, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Jan. 9 ??“ Ukraine??™s consumer prices rose less than expected in December helping the government to keep 2005 inflation figure at 10.3%, or slightly above the original target of 9.8%.

KIEV, Jan. 9 ??“ Russia and Ukraine, following a sharp three-day standoff over natural gas supplies, signed an agreement on Jan. 4 opening way for steady gas deliveries to the European Union, officials said.

KIEV, Jan. 9 ??“ Opposition lawmakers will attack the government of Yekhanurov amid complains that recently signed natural gas agreement with Russia may hurt the Ukrainian economy.

KIEV, Jan. 9 ??“ Ukraine will later this month suggest signing an intergovernmental agreement on natural gas transit with Russia covering 2006, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said.

KIEV, Jan. 9 - Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said he is confident that most of Ukrainian citizens have understood "on whose side individual commentators" of gas talks with Russia "fought and continue fighting."

BRUSSELS, Dec 4 – The increasing alignment of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran highlights the global nature of the threats faced by the transatlantic region, including the escalating dangers of Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said on Wednesday.

KYIV, Dec 4 – Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and the Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Andriy Pyshnyy, on behalf of Ukraine, signed a loan agreement with the European Union to secure up to EUR 35 billion in macro-financial assistance (MFA) as part of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration Loans for Ukraine (ERA) initiative using revenues derived from frozen Russian sovereign assets, as reported on the Ministry of Finance's website on Wednesday morning.