KIEV, April 28 – Bowing to a key demand of the International Monetary Fund, the government will unveil reform legislation next week to increase Ukraine’s pension age, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Thursday.

KIEV, April 27 – Ukraine has canceled export quotas on maize, announced Iryna Akimova first deputy head of the presidential administration and presidential envoy to the Cabinet of Ministers.

BAKU, April 28 – Ukraine wants to take an active part in the implementation of the Euro-Asian Oil Transport Corridor (EAOTC) project, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said.

RIVNE, April 28 – In her first campaign trip across Ukraine since losing the presidential election, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko vowed to cancel a controversial deal lowering Russian natural gas prices in exchange for extending its navy’s stay in Crimea.

NEW YORK, April 28 – The International Monetary Fund needs more information on the government’s budget and fiscal reforms before deciding on a new multibillion dollar lending program to Ukraine, a senior IMF official said.

KIEV, April 27 – The Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental committee for economic cooperation will discuss further cooperation between the Ukrainian and Russian aviation complexes at its next meeting in Moscow on April 29, said Ukrainian Industry Minister Volodymyr Novytsky.

KIEV, April 27 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has offered her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin the use of the Prydniprovski oil-trunk pipeline instead of the reversed route of the Odessa-Brody pipeline for pumping Russian oil.

KIEV, April 27 – The World Bank is ready to step up the scale of its cooperation with Ukraine, World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said.

Ukrainian Vice Premier for European and International Integration Hryhoriy Nemyria met the bank official on Sunday during his official visit to the United States, the vice premier's press service reported.

KIEV, April 28 - Ukraine has received over UAH3 billion (about $360 million at the official interbank rate of exchange) in revenue for the sold quotas to cut carbon dioxide emission under the Kyoto Protocol, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced.

KIEV, April 28 – The Constitutional Court on Thursday plans to announce a ruling that may prove crucial for the future of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s government, lawmakers said Tuesday.