KIEV, Sept. 1 – Raisa Bohatyriova, the top security advisor of President Viktor Yushchenko, on Monday was expelled from the opposition Regions Party after dismissing the party’s heavily pro-Russian line in the recent war in Georgia.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – Lawmakers loyal to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych on Monday submitted a bill to Parliament seeking to make it easier to impeach the president.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – Ukraine's energy security depends on designing and constructing new mines, according to Parliament Speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk.

LUHANSK, Sept. 1 – Coal extraction in Ukraine in 2008 will be 4 million tons or 5.3% more than the figure for 2007 (75.437 million tons), according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – The Ukrainian national budget in January to July saw a UAH1.16 billion surplus, 0.2% of GDP, up from UAH1.871 billion or 0.44% of GDP,in January to June, the Finance Ministry reported.

KIEV, Sept. 1 - Ukrainian diplomats abroad will more actively support the promotion of high technology products of Ukraine's space industry, which are of interest to foreign partners.

KIEV, Sept. 1 - The U.S. Trade & Development Agency has allocated $585,000 to Donetsk regional state administration for preparation of the feasibility study under the proposed project for development of coal and mine methane in Donbas region of Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 1 - The Economy Ministry has revised downwards its industrial output growth forecast for 2005 from 12% to 6.5%.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 - The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free.

KYIV, Aug 1 - The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out Monday from the port of Odesa under an internationally brokered deal to unblock the embattled country’s agricultural exports and ease the growing global food crisis.