KIEV, Oct. 1 – The government has approved a bill allocating $320 million to the scientific and technical space program for 2013-2017.

According to the Cabinet of Ministers, the measure will be the fifth space program of independent Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 2 – Ukraine's national budget in 2012 could see a UAH 25-30 billion shortfall due to overstated revenues targets, according to former Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Putting pressure on Ukraine is unacceptable as it attempts to ‘clean the country from the dirt that has accumulated for years,’ President Viktor Yanukovych told key members of his country’s diplomatic corps.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – President Viktor Yanukovych, responding to criticism from opposition groups and international observers, said Wednesday all parties and candidates running for seats in Parliament have equal opportunities for their campaigns.

NOVO-OGAREVO, Oct. 3 - Gazprom is again talking about the possibility of considering the construction of additional Nord Stream gas pipeline capacity.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – The “crisis is on our doorstep,” and Ukraine has no choice but to find understanding with the International Monetary Fund, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Sergiy Tyhypko said.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov is pushing for approval of a bill to cut social spending, but one without some of the controversial clauses that had triggered angry unrest and an attack on Parliament.

KIEV, Sept. 30 – President Viktor Yanukovych will make a visit to Brussels in October.

The meeting was scheduled during the president's meeting with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in Warsaw on Friday, the president's press service has reported.

YALTA, Oct. 1 - Ukraine is planning to speed up privatization in key economic branches, President Viktor Yanukovych said at the seventh annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy on Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – President Viktor Yanukovych received massive powers on Friday thanks to a Constitutional Court ruling that cancelled 2004 amendments to Ukraine’s 1996 constitution.