KIEV, July 30 – The Ukrainian state may allocate about $1.8 billion to the agriculture sector every year after Ukraine joins the World Trade Organization, says Agriculture Minister Yuriy Melnyk.

KIEV, July 31 – The matching of the Ukrainian and European power girds, which would allow a significant increase in exports of Ukrainian electricity to European countries, will take at least 10 years, according to Deputy Fuel and Energy Minister Oleksiy Sheberstov.

KIEV, July 31 – A cargo train derailed near Ternopil late Monday following an apparent mistake by railway staff during maneuvering in the latest of the crashes that have been plaguing the sector over the past several months.

KIEV, July 31 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday held consultations with political leaders, a move that precedes dismissal of Parliament, apparently seeking to force the leaders to support his pro-Western foreign policy course.

KIEV, July 30 ??“ Ukraine started power exports to Romania earlier this year and is in talks with Belarus and Russia over prices for electricity exports there, Energy and Fuel Ministry Ivan Plachkov said.

SIMFEROPOL, July 30 ??“ The government is in talks with undisclosed companies over building an oil refinery in Feodosia in addition to an earlier-planned refinery in Odessa, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Saturday.

SIMFEROPOL, July 30 ??“ Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Saturday she had met Oleksandr Turchynov, the head of SBU, the security service, as part of an ongoing investigation into a reported assassination plot against her.

MINSK, July 29 ??“ The much-heralded 22nd meeting of the high-level group on formation of a Common Economic Space between Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus has opened on Friday in Minsk, but don??™t expect the group to make much progress, at least if Ukraine has anything to do with it.

KYIV, June 29 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with members of the International War Environmental Consequences Work Group, the press service of the President's Office reported on Thursday.

BRUSSELS, June 29 – The leaders of the European Union have condemned in the strongest terms the deliberate destruction of the dam at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) and reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring that Russia is held fully accountable for its war of aggression against Ukraine.