BELGRADE, Nov. 4 - The main task for Ukraine's presidency of the Central European Initiative in 2012 will be to work out ways to help CEI member states fight the impending economic crisis, said Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - Ukraine ranks the world's 84th by the number of arms owners and 3 million pieces of armaments are owned here illegally, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine said on Monday with reference to the Small Arms Survey - a project monitoring firearms in 178 states.

KIEV, Nov. 7 – Tax police investigators have served former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko copies of a resolution to open four criminal cases concerning the activities of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), said Serhiy Vlasenko, the head of the former premier's defense team.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov sees no conflict in Ukraine’s pursuit of better relations with the market-diverse European Union, which has criticized the government’s jailing of a pro-democracy advocate, and oil-rich Central Asia, where authoritarian regimes remain strong since the 1991 fall of communism.

KIEV, Nov, 5 - Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny has paid Russia's Gazprom $1.06 billion for October natural gas supplies, Naftogaz said on Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 4 – Representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the European Union will hold a trilateral meeting in Brussels on November 22 dedicated to the cooperation in energy sector, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Nov. 6 – Ukraine’s growing foreign trade deficit, due to rising cost of energy imports, rules out any significant revaluation of the hryvnia, Petro Poroshenko, the head of the Council at the National Bank of Ukraine, said.

KIEV, Nov. 7 – Ukraine raised $700 million from selling 10-year Eurobond on Thursday successfully defying turbulence that has been plaguing credit markets around the world due to on-going mortgage crisis in the United States.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - President Viktor Yushchenko met his top security advisor, foreign and energy ministers on Wednesday, hours ahead of a crucial round of talks with Russia over 2008 natural gas prices.

KIEV, Nov. 7 – Ukrainian leaders must meet Thursday to agree on the date for Parliament to hold its first session after election to prevent a major political crisis, Volodymyr Lytvyn, former parliament speaker, said Wednesday.