KIEV, Sept. 30 – Ukraine has the most favorable investment climate this year since the country became independent, according to First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev.

KIEV, Sept. 30 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Wednesday failed to redeem its $500 million eurobond, but agreed to pay a $20-million coupon to encourage international bondholders to swap the debt into a new five-year bond.

KIEV, Sept. 29 – President Viktor Yushchenko said at a meeting of the Ukraine-U.S. Business Council he is expecting a flow of U.S. investment into the Ukrainian economy the presidential press service reported on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 29 – The Naftogaz Ukrayiny national oil and gas company has paid for 9 billion cubic meters of gas out of the at least 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas in Ukraine's underground gas storage facilities, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

TORONTO, Sept. 28 - A group of Canadians in Ukraine to observe this weekend's national elections were harassed and threatened by local officials on Friday after questioning apparent irregularities in voting procedures.

KIEV, Sept. 30 – Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s likely new prime minister following the Sept. 30 election, said Sunday her government will ensure “real justice” while returning allegedly illegally privatized assets to state ownership.

KIEV, Sept. 30 - Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who is likely to become the next prime minister after the Sept. 30 snap election, pledged to renegotiate a key natural gas supply deal with Russia.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – Ukraine’s pro-Western opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is likely to replace pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych after her party’s unexpectedly strong showing at the Sept. 30 snap election, three exit polls suggested.

KIEV, Sept. 28 – Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, a leading figure in the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense bloc, has said that the absence of a reliable and transparent scheme of natural gas imports to Ukraine is the main threat to the country's national security.

KYIV, Aug 28 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will propose that the Verkhovna Rada equates corruption in wartime with high treason, the corresponding bill will be submitted this week.