KIEV, Aug. 27 – Abkhazia, a small Russia-backed enclave in Georgia that was recognized Tuesday by Moscow as an independent state, said it could harbor some of Russia’s naval forces in the Black Sea.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, in Ukraine seeking to forge “the widest possible coalition” against Russia’s aggression in Georgia, said the European Union and NATO should have a “hard-headed engagement” response.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – Energy and food price increases, coupled with Ukraine’s political crisis, could force the government to upwardly revise its 2007 inflation forecast once the election is over and the country’s economic results through Sept. 30 are available, while the GDP forecast is expected to hold steady, according to Economy Minister Anatoliy Kinakh.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The Communist Party, a member of the pro-Russian government coalition, on Monday declined to join an emergency session of Parliament next week, dashing the government’s hopes of challenging President Viktor Yushchenko on controversial legislation.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – Ukraine’s two perennially squabbling main pro-Western political parties say they have agreed to a seven-year alliance ahead of the Sept. 30 election.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The rollout of the An-148 aircraft should be gradual, according to Ukraine International Airlines President Yuriy Miroshnikov.

KIEV, Aug. 23 ??“ Fears of possible devaluation of the hryvnia could be the main restraining factor on hrynvia-denominated bonds in hryvnia by foreign investors, according to a report by Kiev??™s Alfa-Bank.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26 - Former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined $10 million in a U.S. court on Friday after being convicted in 2004 of extortion and money laundering.

KIEV, Aug. 24 - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday assured the European Union that Ukraine will guarantee steady shipments of Russian gas to Europe via its pipelines during the winter.

KYIV, July 26 – President Volodymyr Zelensky signed decree instructing government agencies to develop and implement measures to deepen Ukraine’s integration into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).