KIEV, Sept. 7 – A meeting of the interparliamentary assembly of Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland will be held this October.

This issue was discussed at a meeting of speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Volodymyr Lytvyn and speaker of the Lithuania parliament Irena Degutiene on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 8 – The Security Service has questioned First Deputy Batkivschyna Party head Oleksandr Turchynov as a witness in the case on the customs registration of 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas owned by the Swiss-registered gas trader RosUkrEnergo, according to a court ruling.

KIEV, Sept. 8 - Ukraine, at risk of a delay in getting more bailout help from the International Monetary Fund this year, may need to take further steps to offset a potential increase in its financing needs, according to the IMF.

MOSCOW, Sept. 8 - Russia could lend Ukraine $2 billion to support the former Soviet republic's economy ahead of next year's election, the Vedomosti business daily reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified Russian government official.

KIEV, Sept. 7 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny is to buy 32 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from OJSC Gazprom in 2010, which is a similar volume to gas purchases in 2009 but lower than the 52 bcm stipulated in the contract for 2009-2019, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, Sept. 7 - President Viktor Yushchenko said he supports the accelerated integration of Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing into the world aircraft industry, and assigning additional funds for purchasing domestic aircraft through the state leasing company.

KIEV, Sept. 7 – The National Bank of Ukraine will carry out forex interventions via auctions and the foreign currency sale price at them will be fixed according to demand, according to NBU Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh.

KIEV, Sept. 8 - Financial improvement at Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, will be the government’s top priority in the energy sector policy in 2009, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 8 – The split between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been spreading to the regions as Our Ukraine on Monday called on its followers to join a rally in Lviv to support the president.

KIEV, Sept. 8 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko must show up at the Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday for questioning in connection with the investigation of the 2004 poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko, the office announced Monday.