KIEV, June 27 – The current exchange rate policy of the National Bank of Ukraine is inappropriate for the state of the balance of payments and the situation on the market, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak said at a briefing on Thursday, referring to the head of state.

KIEV, June 30 – Russia and Ukraine will seek to sign a comprehensive natural gas agreement before Sept. 15 in an attempt to avert aggravation over gas prices and transportation costs in December, officials said.

KIEV, June 29 - Ukraine and Turkmenistan plan to sign a 25-year natural gas supply deal in September that may boost Ukraine's gas imports from Turkmenistan by 67% starting in 2007, a Ukrainian official said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 29 - The government temporarily suspended exports of natural gas from Ukraine to Europe in an attempt to prevent shortages later this year, a Ukrainian official said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 29 - Russia is exercising mounting pressure on Ukraine by threatening to steeply reduce natural gas supplies this year, a Ukrainian official said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 30 ??“ The Ukraine-3000 international charity fund, whose supervisory board is headed by Kateryna Yushchenko, wife of President Viktor Yushchenko, is to start issuing grants to run projects, particularly social ones, in the next few months, Andriy Myroshnychenko, an advisor to Mrs. Yishchenko, said in Kiev on Wednesday, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KYIV, May 30 – Ukraine, in the process of integrating into the European Union, should not only undergo legislative screening and receive recommendations for further action but also formulate its own strategy for approximation to the formal rules of the EU, stated Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade Representative of Ukraine.

KYIV, May 30 – The Cabinet of Ministers on Thursday approved an intergovernmental agreement with the United States to raise $7.85 billion for economic assistance to the Ukrainian budget.

KYIV, May 30 - The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv — using U.S.-provided weapons, POLITICO reported Thursday citing two U.S. officials and two other people familiar with the move.

BRUSSELS, May 29 - The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, has approved the disbursement of a EUR 500 million loan to Ukraine as part of its fourth macro-financial assistance (MFA) program, the EC reported.