KIEV, Aug. 3 – The authorities' decisions leading to unlawful delays in export shipments of grain, should be abolished, and those guilty of creating obstacles to grain export should be punished, said Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko.

KEIV, Aug. 3 - Ukraine received a second installment of cash from selling carbon dioxide emission allowances to Japan as part of a last year’s deal under the Kyoto Protocol, a government official said.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – Leaders of Mejlis, the ruling body of Crimean Tatars, the third-largest ethnic minority in Crimea, on Tuesday refused to join a scheduled meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych in disagreement over other invitees.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – Olekskiy Pukach, the recently captured former top police officer who is alleged to have killed journalist Heorhiy Gongadze in 2000, told investigators who had ordered the murder, a news agency reported, citing a source.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday vetoed legislation calling for 9.8 billion hryvnias in financing from the central bank to pay for infrastructure projects in preparation for the Euro-2012 soccer championship in Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has taken steps to permanently block supplies of Caspian oil via Ukraine’s Odessa-Brody pipeline to the European Union, a top official at President Viktor Yushchenko’s office said Friday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 - The United States pledged to work with Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's likely new prime minister, despite perceptions his comeback will slow his country's march to the West, AFP reported.

KIEV, Aug. 3 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko??™s party, Our Ukraine, voted on Thursday to join a coalition with the Regions Party in order to secure grater support for the new government.

KIEV, Aug. 3 - Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the Regions Party, on Friday is expected to be approved as Ukraine??™s new prime minister by a vote in Parliament following the support from President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Aug. 3 ??“ Ukraine is planning to involve Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation (VSH, Germany) and Raiffeisen Bank (Austria) in the construction of small hydroelectric power plants.