KIEV, Sept. 5 – Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych views as a purely political move ahead of the Sept. 30 election a resolution by the National Security and Defense Council to dismiss Communications and Transport Minister Mykola Rudkovsky and Emergencies Minister Nestor Shufrych.

KIEV, Sept. 5 - Australian coal producer CCI has secured a license to start developing coal deposit in western Ukraine that is estimated to hold 150 million metric tons of coal, a regional official said Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 5 – The Regions Party led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych changed its election campaign radically on Wednesday by pledging to focus on divisive issues that may trigger an open standoff with President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Sept. 2 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko has said any artificial reduction of the nominal exchange rate of the hryvnia would produce a number of negative effects.

KIEV, Sept. 5 ??“ The Communist Party, a small pro-Russian group, will probably stay in the government coalition despite pressure from Our Ukraine, a pro-Western group, when parties sign a coalition agreement soon, officials said Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 5 ??“ Former Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov may soon be appointed as top national security advisor to President Viktor Yushchenko, a newspaper reported Tuesday citing a source at the Yushchenko office.

KIEV, Sept. 5 - Ukraine's consumer prices were unchanged in August, belying the Economy Ministry's expectation of a minor price decline and making it more difficult for the government to keep inflation at below 10% in 2005.

KIEV, Sept. 5 - Oleksandr Zinchenko, who just resigned from the post of the secretary of state, attacked some of the closest allies of President Viktor Yushchenko Monday for allegedly using their powers to obtain personal financial gains.

KIEV, Sept. 5 ??“ The breadbasket of Europe is going to be a little less full this year than last.

KIEV, Sept. 5 ??“ Three MPs of the Socialist Party ??“ one of three Parliament factions in the government coalition -- have proposed that Parliament ban the privatization of Ukraine's biggest oil extraction company, UkrNafta.