KIEV, Nov. 24 – The Ukrainian government should refuse to actively fight inflation and the deficit of the balance of trade, as the weakening of the hryvnia and considerable inflation in the country are inevitable, experts from the Institute for Study of Russia and the Expert business magazine said in a joint statement.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – Ukraine expects to raise $500 million from the World Bank as a part of the third Development Policy Loan (DPL-III).

The raising of the loan as a part of the DPL-III is foreseen in a cabinet resolution No. 1,455-r of Nov. 19, which was posted on the Web site of the Ukrainian government.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – President Viktor Yushchenko fired Ivan Pliushch as his top security advisor on Monday, three days after Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense lawmakers had rejected Pliushch’s nomination for the speaker of Parliament.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – Tensions rose sharply within Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense, President Viktor Yushchenko’s group, on Monday after five of its lawmakers refused to sign an agreement aimed at creating the pro-Western government coalition.

KIEV, Nov. 24 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko may press ahead with a referendum seeking to amend Ukraine??™s constitution to return most of the powers of his that had been shifted to the prime minister this year, an official said.

BRUSSELS, Oct 25 – President of the European Council Charles Michel invites EU leaders at the upcoming summit, among other issues, to discuss further support for Ukraine.

KYIV, Oct 26 – Assurances from Ukraine's international partners so far allow us to count on receiving $45 billion in financial assistance this year, although political risks are increasing, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Serhiy Nikolaychuk has said.

KYIV, Oct 26 – For the third time this year, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has significantly improved its macroeconomic forecast for the current year 2023: it now expects economic growth of 4.9% with inflation falling to 5.8%.

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 - The White House on Thursday said Russia is executing soldiers who have failed to follow orders and threatening entire units with death if they retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Oct 26 - NATO and Russia’s military alike staged planned annual nuclear exercises Wednesday as the Russian president repeated the unfounded claim that Ukraine plans to set off a radioactive “dirty bomb.” On the battlefront, Russian forces pounded more than 40 Ukrainian villages over the past day.