KIEV, April 6 – Ukraine's 2009 budget deficit will be 2.9-6.1% of GDP, according to analysts from Ukrainian investment companies polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, April 7 – Ukraine paid in full for Russian natural gas supplies in March, meeting the deadline of April 7 and averting a clash and supply disruptions, Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, reported Tuesday.

KIEV, April 7 - Ukraine will import natural gas from Russia at a price of $270-$271 per 1,000 cubic meters in the second quarter, down from $360/1,000 cu m in the first quarter, a senior official at Naftogaz Ukrayiny said Tuesday.

KIEV, April 7 – Ukraine’s consumer prices grew at a slower pace in March as people spent less amid economic uncertainty and the hryvnia kept stable value against the U.S. dollar, the government said Tuesday.

KIEV, April 7 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s group will soon join forces with opposition Regions Party to create a panel in Parliament that would focus on making amendments to the constitution, lawmakers said Monday.

KIEV, April 7 – Ukraine and Russia are at “cold war” over natural gas supplies that may turn into “conflicts of a bigger scale,” a senior official at President Viktor Yushchenko’s office said Monday.

KIEV, April 7 – Ukraine’s consumer prices, led by food products, skyrocketed in March, pushing overall inflation over the past three months to a level exceeding the government’s forecast for the entire year.

KIEV, April 6 ??“ Ukraine??™s consumer inflation accelerated dramatically in March, reflecting increased social payouts by the government and fueling concerns that price growth may get out of control.

WASHINGTON, April 6 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko, in an address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, called for removal of remaining obstacles in trade with Ukraine and pledged to strengthen strategic partnership between the two nations.

KIEV, April 6 ??“ A powerful Donetsk region boss and ally of former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was taken into custody Wednesday for alleged racketeering, sending shockwaves and unease among opposition groups.