KIEV, July 2 – Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has directed relevant governmental departments to draft proposals concerning the preparation of the Olimpiisky national stadium in Kiev to hold the finals of the European Football Championship in 2012 and the construction of a new stadium in Kiev to the highest European and world standards.

KIEV, July 3 - NATO is interested in buying arms that can be produced by Ukraine's defense sector, Michael Duray, Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Kiev, said Monday.

KIEV, July 4 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, reduced debt it owes RosUkrEnergo for gas supplies, but had significantly increased the debt to UkrGaz-Energo, a Ukrainian gas distributor, a company source said.

KIEV, July 4 ??“ Ukraine??™s consumer prices rose 0.1% on the month in June, down from 0.5% increase in May, after food product prices declined reflecting an increasing supply on the market, the State Statistics Committee reported.

KIEV, July 4 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, will seek to borrow 250 million euros to improve a system that controls quality of crude oil and natural gas pipeline shipments, officials said.

KIEV, July 4 ??“ Leaders of pro-government and opposition groups made progress in talks aimed at ending a standoff in Parliament after holding two meetings with President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday, an official said.

KIEV, July 1 ??“ Ukraine suspended power exports to Russia on Friday, days after a government agency had indicated that export prices would have to increase at least 73%, EnergoAtom said.

KIEV, July 1 - Security forces found a laboratory in Ukraine that had apparently made the poison used in an attempt to kill Viktor Yushchenko, according to a recent report by The Times of London.

KIEV, July 3 ??“ Russia will go ahead and steeply cut natural gas supplies to Ukraine in the second half of the year, according to a telegram that Gazprom has sent to its Ukrainian counterpart, Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Friday.

KIEV, July 4 ??“ Fuel prices in Ukraine may grow by at least 10% in July, according to a survey conducted by Interfax-Ukraine among experts and participants of the fuel market.