KIEV, Nov. 30 - Yielding to growing pressure from protesting small business owners, President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday vetoed a controversial tax law.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – Lawmakers will probably Thursday again debate a bill that calls on the National Bank of Ukraine to disburse one billion hryvnias to the government to fight flu, Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – Ukraine plans to act in the light of its agreement with the World Trade Organization on the issue of imports, according to First Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov.

KIEV, Nov. 28 - Ukraine will make sure that natural gas supplies from Russia to the European Union continue without interruption even if Kiev and Moscow clash over gas debts, a top aide to President Viktor Yushchenko said Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – Ukraine’s slowing economy, hit by financial crisis, will probably help the government slow the consumer inflation that has been plaguing the country since January, President Viktor Yushchenko said Sunday.

KIEV, Nov. 29 – President Viktor Yushchenko was formally approved Saturday as the leader of Our Ukraine, the party which controls the third-biggest number of seats in Parliament, in a move that may ease Ukraine’s political crisis.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 28 – The European Commission has held talks with Ukraine and Moldova concerning their accession to the Energy Community Treaty.

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said that talks may be completed in 2009.

KIEV, Nov. 30 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday awarded UEFA President Lennart Johansson the Yaroslav the Wise Order for his contribution to support Ukrainian and international soccer, the presidential press service reported.

KIEV, Nov. 30 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych will travel to Kazakhstan next month to discuss supplies of Caspian Sea crude oil via Ukraine to Europe, the energy and fuel ministry press service said Thursday.

MOSCOW, Nov. 30 ??“ Russia has assured Ukraine on Thursday that it will increase supplies of crude oil to the country within weeks following gasoline shortages that have swept some of the regions.