KIEV, Feb. 5 – President Viktor Yushchenko has brought into effect a decision by the National Security and Defense Council on measures to raise the effectiveness of state management in the sphere of geological research and the use of mineral resources.

KIEV, Feb. 5 – Sergiy Tyhypko, who came third in the first round of the presidential election in Ukraine on January 17, spent the most on his campaign of all the presidential candidates who failed to enter the second round, according to a report published in the Uriadovy Kurier newspaper.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Yuriy Yekhanurov, a close ally of President Viktor Yushchenko, is considered as a possible nominee as the next prime minister to form a new governing coalition in Parliament, a lawmaker said Monday.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday faced mounting pressure to concede defeat to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych after international observers judged Sunday’s presidential election as free and fair.

KIEV, Feb. 6 – The outflow of deposits from the Ukrainian banking system in January grew to UAH 16 billion due to the political discussion over the actions of the National Bank of Ukraine and the banking system as a whole, the first deputy head of the parliamentary committee for finance and banking activities and the head of the council of the Association of Ukrainian Banks, Stanyslav Arzhevitin, said.

KIEV, Feb. 6 - Ukraine will move rapidly in raising cash from selling its emission allowances following the government’s order to transfer 50 million of Assigned Amount Units to Japan, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.

KIEV, Feb. 6 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday characterized as “unfriendly” remarks by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claiming that Ukraine must be legally responsible for disruptions of Russian gas supplies to the European Union.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sent a team of negotiators to Russia seeking to borrow $5 billion to cover Ukraine’s growing 2009 budget deficit, a newspaper reported Saturday, citing a source in the team.

KIEV, Feb. 5 - Nearly 70% of Ukrainian citizens are ready to join protest rallies against the policy pursued by the government, should the economic crisis deteriorate in Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 6 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny did not take Russian gas illegally during the Russian-Ukrainian gas row in January, the Verkhovna Rada's temporary commission for inquiry into the state and functioning of Ukraine's gas transportation system and Ukrainian customers provision of with gas in 2008-2009 said.