KIEV, Sept. 6 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday responded to Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s call for a referendum on NATO and the status of the Russian language by characterizing the proposal as an attempt to destabilize situation in Ukraine ahead of the Sept. 30 election.

KIEV, September 6 – Kiev will host the 11th Ukraine-EU summit, head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's press service Andriy Deschytsia said.

KIEV, Sept. 6 - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and his Polish counterpart Jaroslav Kaczynski agreed to resume the project of extending Ukraine??™s Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to the Polish city of Plock, Yanukovych??™s press service reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 6 - Ukraine and Turkmenistan postponed for about one month signing a 30-year natural gas supply agreement as Turkmeni President Separmurat Niyazov had delayed his visit to Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 6 - Crimea needs to regain its status as a priority development territory to develop tourism and the hotel business.

KIEV, Sept. 6 - President Viktor Yushchenko held a crisis meeting with top government and security officials Tuesday scrambling to repair political damage triggered by recent allegations of high-level corruption in his team.

KIEV, Sept. 6 - Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has started regular joint flights with Air France from Kiev to Paris and back again under a code-sharing agreement signed in June.

KYIV, Aug 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has worsened its forecasts for the migration of Ukrainians: if in April of this year it expected an outflow of 200,000 this year and an inflow of 400,000 next year, now it estimates the outflow this year at 400,000, and next year at 300,000.

KYIV, Aug 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), considering the significant needs for defense spending and subsequent recovery and humanitarian projects, has worsened its forecast for the consolidated budget deficit for the current year from 20.7% of GDP to 22.8% of GDP, excluding grants.

KYIV, Aug 4 - Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said he has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations to investigate a photo that allegedly shows the body of a Ukrainian prisoner of war tortured and executed by Russian forces. He has also asked Ukrainian authorities to verify the identity of the deceased.