KIEV, June 4 – The Cabinet of Ministers plans to resolve problems with the placement of diplomatic missions, the consular institutions of foreign states and international representative offices in Kiev, said Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Tykhonov.

KIEV, June 4 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has instructed the Ukrainian Transport and Communications Ministry and Kiev city administration to ensure the completion of construction of the Darnytsia Bridge in Kiev in 2010-2011.

KIEV, June 4 - Ukraine must get rid of cross-subsidizing and gradually switch over to economically justified rates in the energy sector, says President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, June 7 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko plans to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the CIS informal summit in St. Petersburg on June 10 to discuss the signing of the Ukrainian-Russian action plan for 2007-2008.

KIEV, June 7 - Jewish community leaders in southern Ukraine asked Thursday for control over the land where a mass grave believed to contain thousands of Holocaust victims was found.

KIEV, June 6 ??“ Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Deputy Head Oleksandr Chaly has challenged a statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia subsidized Ukraine with cheap natural gas supplies.

KIEV, June 6 ??“ There are no reasons to increase the price of natural gas imported to Ukraine due to the possible rise in prices of Russian gas, because Ukraine imports gas from Central Asia at a price close to the market price, Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko said in Kyiv on Wednesday.

KIEV, June 7 - Ukraine??™s Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) has not significantly changed in February through April 2007, the International Center of Policy Studies (ICPS) has said, referring to a regular survey.

KIEV, June 7 - The National Bank of Ukraine on Wednesday cut key interest rates for the first time in 3.5 years seeking to boost the economy that has been already showing signs of acceleration.

KIEV, June 7 - Ukraine will charge Russia greater tariffs for moving its gas to consumers in Europe if Russia presses with the gas price hike for Ukraine on July 1, Economy Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.