KIEV, Sept. 5 – The state will retain VAT allowances for the press and book publishing and will assist the networks in retail sale of print publications, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Sept. 5 – The hryvnia gained against the U.S. dollar Thursday as the state-owned saving banks continued massively selling dollars, with the National Bank of Ukraine threatening banks bidding against the local currency.

KIEV, Sept. 6 – The National Bank of Ukraine urged the government Thursday to reach a compromise with the International Monetary Fund to unblock access to a $15.2 billion loan that may be needed if the economy continues to deteriorate.

KIEV, Sept. 6 – The “Kharkiv agreements" will remain in effect even if the contracts for gas supplies concluded with Russia in 2009 are canceled, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Sept. 6 - Ukraine has prepared documents needed to file a lawsuit on the gas dispute with Russia, President Viktor Yanukovych announced, according to the daily Kommersant Ukraina.

KIEV, Sept. 6 - Three Ukrainian coal miners were missing after a small privately-held mine suddenly flooded with water in the Luhansk region late Monday, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Sept. 6 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday launched a major pipeline that will start pumping natural gas to Western Europe next month, bypassing Ukraine, CNN reported.

KIEV, Sept. 3 – Javier Solana, the former EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary General of the Council of the European Union (1999-2009), has become a member of the Board of the Yalta European Strategy (YES), the YES press service reported, citing Board Chairman and former Polish President (1995-2005) Aleksander Kwasniewski.

KIEV, Sept. 6 – President Viktor Yanukovych said he sees great potential for attracting Chinese investment in Ukraine due to a project on the construction of the Western Europe- Western China International Transit Corridor.

KIEV, Sept. 6 – Relations between China and Ukraine have been rejuvenated by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's "epochal" four-day state visit, Chinese English-language newspaper China Daily reported on Friday.