KIEV, April 5 – Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko doesn't believe that Ukraine should turn down the money of the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, April 1 – Kiev is ready to discuss cooperation with Moscow in upgrading Ukraine's gas transportation system, nuclear industry, aerospace industry and aircraft engineering, according to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, April 2 – The main problems in the Ukrainian economy will be settled by late 2010, according to President Viktor Yanukovych.

"I'm sure that by the end of this year an economic upswing will be seen," he said, speaking to the leaders of parties, nongovernmental and political organizations of Ukraine in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, April 5 – President Viktor Yanukovych traveled to Moscow on Monday for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, according to presidential press service.

KIEV, April 2 – The government has proposed signing a new agreement on cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov was quoted as saying at a meeting with IMF mission chief in Ukraine Thanos Arvanitis.

KIEV, April 5 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday appointed Andriy Portnov, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s top lawyer, as a deputy chief of staff at his administration to supervise reorganization of the court system.

KIEV, April 3 - President Viktor Yushchenko said he is not ready to discuss the revision of the status of the Ukrainian gas transportation network.

"The network is Ukraine's property, one of the components of our independence.

KIEV, April 3 - Ukraine will pay in full for March Russian natural gas imports before the deadline of April 7 to avert a clash with Gazprom, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, April 3 – The Regions Party, in a surprise move on Friday, lifted its blockade of Parliament to give the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko opportunity to debate and approve its anti-crisis program next week.

KIEV, April 4 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday suggested holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections later this year as a way of resolving the latest political deadlock in Ukraine.