KIEV, June 3 – President Viktor Yushchenko spoke with Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday to dissuade him from an alliance with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko aimed at approving controversial amendments to the constitution.

KIEV, June 2 – The policy to be pursued by the Ukrainian authorities will be aimed at lowering inflation in 2009 to 16% from 22.3% in 2008, reads a clause of the memorandum of economic policy sent to the International Monetary Fund, said Ihor Shumylo, the National Bank of Ukraine's executive director for economic issues.

KIEV, June 3 – Three judges, earlier appointed by President Viktor Yushchenko to the Constitutional Court, on Tuesday have been successfully sworn in, strengthening the president’s control over the important panel.

KIEV, June 3 – Parliament on Tuesday voted to support a bill closing a major gap in the 2008 budget, averting a scenario under which the government would have been forced to drastically cut spending.

KIEV, May 30 – The World Health Organization and UNICEF have called on the Ukrainian government to complete its investigation into the death of a 17-year-old schoolboy in Donetsk region who died after receiving a vaccination for measles and publish results of the investigation.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ The government has proposed the allocation of UAH150 million from the 2007 budget to compensate losses caused by drought to farmers and to form a guaranteed seed reserve, Agriculture Minister Yuriy Melnyk said at a cabinet briefing.

KIEV, June 1 ??“ Ukraine??™s Prosecutor General??™s Office and the Central Election Commission were reshuffled on Friday following a political deal between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, June 3 ??“ Internal Affairs Minister Vasyl Tsushko, a central figure in the recent standoff between the president and prime minister, is under investigation for ordering an attack on the general prosecutor??™s office, an official said Saturday.

KIEV, June 3 ??“ Parliament on Friday voted to approve a set of bills needed to hold an early election on Sept. 30, narrowly meeting a deadline earlier set by President Viktor Yushchenko.

WASHINGTON, May 1 - President Donald Trump intends to nominate Keith Dayton to be the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, the White House said on Friday, a year after Trump removed the previous envoy, Reuters reported.