KIEV, Oct. 1 – The Ukrainian-Polish dialog is being conducted in the context of the European integration aspirations of Ukraine, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said at a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in Warsaw on Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – President Viktor Yushchenko called on main political parties on Wednesday to avoid confrontation and to reach consensus over national issues, adding that opposition leaders should be given top posts in Parliamentary committees.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday criticized Russian gas giant Gazprom for its statement threatening to cut natural gas supplies to Ukraine, calling it “not good” and “ill-timed.”

KIEV, Oct. 2 – Ukrainian thermal power plants are falling behind on their government-mandated goal to create a coal stockpile ahead of the Oct. 15 start of the heating season, said Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko.

KIEV, Sept. 29 ??“ A national budget deficit of 2% of GDP is appropriate, but not the government-prepared draft budget??™s 2.55% deficit, according to experts of the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, Oct. 3 ??“ Opposition lawmakers may block legislative sessions on Wednesday to force Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Moroz to sign a controversial bill that imposes a huge financial burden on the government.

KIEV, Oct. 3 - Ukraine should push to participate in expanding capacity of natural gas pipelines in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in order to secure greater imports of gas from Turkmenistan, a top Ukrainian official said.

KIEV, Oct. 3 - The state enterprise Ukrmetal has announced the start of a tender for metal trading and metal processing companies for access to processing metal from the Chernobyl evacuation zone, the company reported in a press release carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Monday for wider European participation in a Baltic gas pipeline project which Poland and Ukraine fear leaves them vulnerable to the whims of the Kremlin, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 - The European Commission has suggested starting talks with Ukraine on development of a common airspace.