KIEV, March 1 – Viktor Lozynskiy, a fugitive lawmaker from Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s group suspected of shooting an innocent man to death, on Monday surrendered himself to the authorities, the prosecutor general office reported.

BRUSSELS, March 1 – European integration, including free trade and visa-free travel, will remain a “key priority” of Ukraine’s foreign policy, President Viktor Yanukovych told leaders of the European Union on Monday.

KIEV, Feb. 26 - Ukraine intends to keep current gold and forex reserve levels until the end of 2009, President Viktor Yushchenko said during a meeting with G-7 ambassadors and representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, Feb. 26 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine is against the introduction of a 13% temporary extra charge on a number of goods imported to Ukraine, ACC President Jorge Zukoski said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – Ukrainian Family, Youth and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko said the estimated cost of reconstructing the Olimpiysky national sports complex in Kiev could change in the light of the financial crisis.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – The hryvnia by the end of Q1 could weaken to UAH 12/$1, and the average hryvnia exchange rate would be UAH 11/$1, according to Mykhailo Salnykov, an analyst from Sokrat Investment Group.

"The further development of events will strongly depend on whether Ukrainian exports resume in Q2 and exporters bring currency to the Ukrainian banking system.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – Ukraine's long-term prospects depend on the development of Germany's partnership and strategic relations with Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was quoted as telling foreign journalists in Berlin.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 - Ukraine will be able to overcome its economic crisis if the authorities manage to agree on a strategy and to implement it, said Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, IMF Mission Chief to Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – Ukraine’s political leaders on Friday agreed to join forces within days to draft measures helping Ukraine to resume borrowing from the International Monetary Fund and allowing the country to avert default.

KIEV, March 1 - Ukraine??™s national oil and gas company, Naftogaz Ukrayiny, on Thursday confirmed a report by the Prosecutor General??™s Office that an undisclosed Russian gas supplier owns a small gas pipeline within Ukraine.