BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Monday the recent arrest in Moscow of Semion Mogilevich, the alleged leader of a criminal ring said to be tied to Russian gas-trading entity, indicates upcoming sweeping changes in natural gas trading between Ukraine and Russia.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Monday pushed for the construction of a new natural gas pipeline bypassing Russia and giving Ukraine and the European Union access to alternative gas deposits in Central Asia.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko threatened on Monday to run for the presidency next year if disagreements between President Viktor Yushchenko and her government continue to persist or worsen.

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ The rapid fall in temperature in Ukraine could damage or kill up to 1.5 million hectares of winter grain crops that are not sufficiently hardened due to the warm weather this winter, the Agriculture Ministry reported.

"According to specialists, with a rapid fall in temperature, insufficiently hardened plants could be significantly damaged or destroyed.

KREMENCHUK, Jan. 26 ??“ UkrTatNafta, Ukraine??™s largest oil refinery, may reduce gasoline output next year when it starts EUR 200 million modernization, Valeriy Asadchev, the head of the Poltava regional state administration, said.

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ The pro-government coalition on Saturday failed to publish the controversial law reducing powers of President Viktor Yushchenko suggesting that last minute efforts have been made to avert the constitutional crisis.

DAVOS, Jan. 26 (AP) ??“ Ukraine??™s prime minister pitched his country's investment credentials to the world's rich and powerful on Friday -- but only got a lukewarm response from his audience which included the European Union's enlargement commissioner.

KIEV, Jan. 26 - Ukraine banned imports of Hungarian poultry after the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was detected earlier in the week, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday.

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ Valentyna Semeniuk, the head of the state property fund, on Friday rejected the criticism from the office of President Viktor Yushchenko that had accused the fund of a slow pace of privatization.

KYIV, Dec 27 – In December 2023, the state budget of Ukraine received around $5 billion in external financing, which is twice as much as in the previous month, grants provided on a non-refundable basis accounted for over 11% of the total amount of financial assistance, the press service of the Finance Ministry of Ukraine has said on Wednesday.