KIEV, Sept. 2 – Parliament has denied reports in the mass media about the extremely high cost of repairs to its session hall.

KIEV, Sept. 2 - Ukraine plans to buy an offshore drilling rig from China to develop its oil and gas deposits in the Black Sea, Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, Sept. 2 – President Viktor Yanukovych, on a state visit to China, pledged Thursday to never have any official contacts with Taiwan, and secured about $4 billion in Chinese investments for infrastructure projects.

KIEV, Aug. 31 - The Cabinet of Ministers will consider the issue of returning 12.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas to Swiss-based RosUkrEnergo AG only after Ukrainian courts confirm the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal, Ukraine Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko said.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – The Cabinet of Ministers has ordered the Education and Science Ministry of Ukraine and the National Aviation University to consider the possibility of designing domestic pilotless planes and issue a government order for pilot training in Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is conducting “difficult” difficult with Somali pirates on the release of the Ariana, a ship with a crew of 24 Ukrainian citizens, ministry spokesman Vasyl Kyrylych has said.

KIEV, Sept. 2 - Ukraine and Russia should revise the natural gas agreement the two countries signed in January as some clauses of the deal have not been fulfilled, a top energy security aide to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 2 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, announced Wednesday it had appointed Credit Suisse to manage restructuring of its $500 million eurobond debt due on Sept. 30.

KIEV, Sept. 2 – Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday vowed to make the Russian language the second state language in Ukraine - a highly sensitive and controversial issue with many Ukrainians - after winning the presidency.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – The first week of September will see a busy President Viktor Yushchenko, according to his press secretary, Iryna Vannykova.