KIEV, May 5 – The Regions Party has said a claim by Batkivschyna Party Leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that her team agreed in 2009 with the Russian Federation to pay $228 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas is untrue.

KIEV, May 5 - Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash spent about $440 million to acquire a 90% stake in Nadra Bank, a large troubled bank that has been under central bank management since 2009, Nadra reported.

KIEV, April 30 – President Viktor Yanukovych has called for developing cross-border and interregional cooperation with Belarus.

"We should address the issue of cross-border and interregional cooperation. Cooperation between our regions will help boost cross-border trade. It would also help in attracting investments," the Ukrainian president said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk.

KIEV, April 30 – Presidents of Ukraine and Belarus - Viktor Yanukovych and Alexander Lukashenko – have agreed on the soonest settlement of the issues that have accumulated between the two countries.

KIEV, April 30 - Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko left on a working visit to New York on Friday to participate in the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service reported that Hryschenko would meet with the foreign ministers of the countries participating in the conference, including Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Canada.

KIEV, May 5 - Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Wednesday paid $419 million to Russia’s gas giant Gazprom for natural gas imported in April, Naftogaz said in a statement.

SOCHI, April 30 - Russia and Ukraine could soon be working on joint nuclear projects in third countries.

"We want to expand this cooperation, build new power units of the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant, and engage our Ukrainian partners in working under a new large-scale program for the development of the Russian nuclear power industry.

KIEV, May 5 - Ukraine should take “national interests” into consideration while studying Russia’s latest proposal to merge Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny, President Viktor Yanukovych said Wednesday.

KIEV, May 5 – Valentyna Semeniuk, the State Property Fund head recognized by President Viktor Yushchenko, on Monday warned potential investors of risks if they decide to go ahead and buy assets of Odessa Portside Plant.

KIEV, May 5 – In the latest battle over the State Property Fund, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday sought to eliminate President Viktor Yushchenko’s control over the special security agency guarding all government offices.