KIEV, Dec. 2 - Ukraine has delayed for up to three months a tender to select a company that would design a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Odessa, according to the energy and fuel ministry.

KIEV, Dec. 2 - Parliament on Thursday approved new tax legislation with amendments submitted by President Viktor Yanukovych that provide some concessions to small business owners.

ASTANA, Nov. 30 - Ukraine is preparing a number of important decisions to strengthen nuclear security, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

The head of state said at a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Astana on Tuesday that these decisions were to be adopted in April 2011 at an international conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – The Odessa-Brody oil pipeline could be extended on to Gdansk in Poland, Polish Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz said while meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in Kiev on Tuesday, the premier's press service told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 3 – Parliament on Wednesday rejected amendments to a bill governing the next presidential election, leaving intact legislation that was criticized by President Viktor Yushchenko, the Constitutional Court and European legal experts.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – The freezing of some non-specific subsidies would allow Ukraine to save, redistribute and allocate around 0.7% of GDP to help its poorest citizens, Shigeo Katsu, vice president of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia, said in an article published in the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – Parliamentary groups appeared to be taking their time in talks to try to come up with a new coalition, with reports of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko intensifying contacts with the opposition Regions Party.

KIEV, Dec. 2 - Ukraine’s transit of Russian natural gas to Europe dropped 29.4% year-on-year to 8.4 billion cubic meters in November, reflecting sharply falling demand, UkrTransGaz, the state-owned gas shipper, reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday desperately tried to determine the real market value of the hryvnia on the cash market, but again refused to spend its forex reserves to support the currency.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine should not artificially support the hryvnia exchange rate, according to Shigeo Katsu, vice president of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia.