KIEV, Aug. 4 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed law No. 8217 amending the Tax Code and some legal acts (on improving some provisions of the Tax Code) aimed at resolving problems noticed in the first six months of the code's being in effect.

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Aug. 7 – The United Nations has praised the Ukrainian government's efforts on tackling the aftermath of the devastating flooding in Ukraine's western regions.

KIEV, Aug. 7 – Despite some easing in July, inflation risk in Ukraine is still very high due to rampant producer price growth and the government’s attempts to regulate prices through restrictions, a top official said.

KIEV, Aug. 7 – Friction between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and President Viktor Yushchenko rose Thursday when the government refused to finance preparations for the traditional military parade to mark Ukraine’s independence on Aug. 24.

KIEV, Aug. 7 – The Cabinet has ordered the Fuel and Energy Ministry jointly with the Foreign Ministry in 2008 an 2010 to hold talks with Iraq and Turkey on the necessity to create a Kirkuk (Iraq) – Trabzon (Turkey) - Pivdenny (Ukraine) oil transport corridor.

THE HAGUE, Aug. 7 - Ukraine signed an agreement Tuesday with the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to incarcerate convicted criminals, the first country outside Western Europe to offer its prisons to the U.N. court, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, Aug. 7 - The French construction company Novarka will repair the aging protective shelter built over the radioactive remains of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power station, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing a senior Ukrainian official.

KIEV, Aug. 7 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday praised the newfound unity of backers of the ''Orange Revolution'' that swept him to power in Ukraine and demanded a new drive for victory in next month's parliamentary election.

KIEV, Aug. 7 ??“ Mykola Azarov, Ukraine??™s new economic tzar, vowed to cut corporate taxes and implement other incintives for businesses in order to boost the country??™s economic growth rate into double digits.

KIEV, Aug. 6 ??“ Two Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and the defense ministry attacked Petro Poroshenko, the chief security advisor to President Viktor Yushchenko, for making critical remarks about their alleged poor role in protecting national security.