KIEV, Oct. 27 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will visit Ukraine Thursday for talks over crude oil and liquefied natural gas supplies, the office of President Viktor Yanukovych reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Russia has preliminarily agreed to move at least 25 million metric tons of its crude oil for export annually via Ukrainian pipelines during the next five years, Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko said Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday failed to agree on reducing natural gas prices amid reports that Moscow is insisting on getting control over Ukraine’s natural gas pipelines.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – The Prosecutor General's Office hasn't launched any criminal proceedings into the involvement of ex-President Viktor Yushchenko in the case of the Ukrainian ammunition sales to Georgia, Prosecutor General Oleksandr Medvedko said.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – The opposition Regions Party on Tuesday attacked the International Monetary Fund for demanding the veto of legislation increasing social spending, calling for ending Ukraine’s cooperation with the lender.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – President Viktor Yushchenko has taken time out to decide whether to veto a controversial bill increasing social spending that the government believes may result in rocketing inflation, a top official said Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – The Ukrainian and Chinese governments have signed an agreement to develop cooperation in the sphere of construction infrastructure.

Ukrainian Regional Development and Cooperation Minister Vasyl Kuybida signed the document on behalf of Ukraine, Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Fu Ziying signed it on behalf of China.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Ukrainian banks in October raised $1 billion on the foreign markets, despite the international financial crisis, according to the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Volodymyr Stelmakh.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – The National Security and Defense Council has proposed that the National Bank of Ukraine restrict the ceiling rate for individual deposits taken by banks on the domestic market and introduce an almost 100% ban on the reservation of consumer crediting.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – Japan’s Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) has placed Ukraine on its Rating Monitor with a view to downgrading, according to Ukraine's Finance Ministry.