KIEV, May 26 – The National Bank of Ukraine may soon establish a new currency trading band within which the hryvnia will be allowed to fluctuate against the U.S. dollar this year, a senior official said Monday.

Petro Poroshenko, the head of the NBU’s Council, which sets long-term policy, said the band will replace the previous band of 4.95 to 5.25 to the dollar that had been in effect until recently.

KIEV, May 26 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s government on Monday signaled its readiness for talks with U.S. oil company Vanco Energy to settle the dispute over an offshore oil production license.

KIEV, May 26 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko suffered her first major political defeat on Sunday when her closest ally lost to incumbent Leonid Chernovetskiy at Kiev Mayor and local council election.

KIEV, May 25 ??“ The Ukrainian authorities are involved in talks that could help UkrNafta, the country??™s largest oil company, to acquire a controlling interest in two small oil refineries, a senior official said Wednesday.

KIEV, May 25 ??“ Ukraine??™s economy started to show signs of acceleration in May after a sluggish performance earlier this year had caused concerns about budget revenue, a senior official said Wednesday.

KYIV, April 24 – It is time for NATO to pave a clear path for Ukraine's membership, if and when Kyiv wishes, until then it is necessary to be ready to provide security guarantees, in addition to political assurances that will not allow Ukraine to turn into a "gray zone," an article by Prime Ministers of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia Mateusz Morawiecki, Petr Fiala, Eduard Heger posted in Foreign Affair magazine reads.

KYIV, April 25 – On Tuesday, Ukraine received the third tranche in the amount of EUR 1.5 billion as part of the EU's large-scale macro-financial assistance for 2023, the total amount of which for the current year is EUR 18 billion, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said.

KYIV, April 26 – The European Commission and five EU member states bordering Ukraine – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria – are close to reaching a solution to the problem of importing Ukrainian agricultural products, European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski said at a press conference following a meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) in Luxembourg.

KYIV, April 26 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “long and meaningful” phone call Wednesday, their first known contact since Russia invaded Ukraine over a year ago, and Beijing appointed an envoy to pursue a “political settlement.”

KYIV, April 21 – Ukraine has applied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support in covering the financial gap to keep the economy functioning in the amount of $5 billion per month for the next three months, and the IMF will assist in raising these funds, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said.