KIEV, Aug. 1 – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev cancelled his trip to Ukraine on Sunday after President Viktor Yanukovych refused to merge Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Gazprom, Kommersant newspaper reported Monday, citing a source.

KIEV, July 30 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law on court fees.

Andriy Portnov, head of the chief department for the judicial system at Presidential Administration said that there is no cause-effect relation between the reduction in court fees and fears of journalists that this could affect the issue of a ruling by court on the possible recuperation of non-pecuniary damages against the mass media.

KIEV, July 30 – President Viktor Yanukovych and Oleksandr Popov, first deputy head of Kiev City State Administration have discussed ways to solve Kiev's most critical problems.

KIEV, July 30 - The Ukrainian government doesn't plan any further increase in gas prices for households, according to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – Ukraine’s household natural gas prices rose 50% on Sunday as part of the government’s promise to reform the sector in exchange for a $15.1 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, July 30 – A Ukrainian blogger was summoned up to the SBU security service on Friday and warned officially against posting any comments critical of President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, July 29 – Ukraine’s opposition government regrets that the International Monetary Fund has allocated a credit of $15 billion to Ukraine and hopes that the fund will reconsider this decision.

KIEV, July 29 – Ukraine still plans to place eurobonds in 2010, but it will correlate the size of the possible issue of securities with the expected financing of the deficit of the national budget using assets from the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – The Ukrainian hryvnia is underestimated, although the revaluation of it is out of place now – the stable hryvnia exchange rate remains a considerable guiding line for the country's economy, according to Association of Ukrainian Banks President Oleksandr Suhoniako.

KIEV, Aug 1 - Ukraine recently suggested to Russia that the countries need to start discussions over a schedule to withdraw the Black Sea Fleet from Crimea when the lease expires, First Deputy Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko said.