LIVADIA (Crimea), March 25 – The governments of Ukraine and Russia will revive talks on completing the cleanup work following an oil spill in the Kerch Strait in November 2007, President Viktor Yushchenko announced at a press conference in Livadia on Tuesday.

KIEV, March 26 – Ukraine's government will rein in inflation within half a year and will guarantee that the inflation rate will not exceed the 10% figure envisaged by the 2008 state budget, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, March 26 – The National Bank of Ukraine has scrambled to stop the sudden appreciation of the hryvnia against the U.S. dollar by changing regulations and making verbal interventions discouraging people from selling the greenback.

KIEV, March 26 - Ukraine??™s largest oil producer, UkrNafta, on Monday denied allegations from a top government official that the company had been failing to pay required tax payments to the state budget.

UkrNafta said it paid 4.75 billion hryvnias ($940 million) to central and regional budgets in 2006, up 58.9% on the year.

KIEV, March 26 ??“ A court in Kiev on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies must stop investigation against Yuriy Lutsenko, a popular opposition leader, after prosecutors had failed to show any evidence backing their allegations.

KIEV, March 26 - Vanco Energy Company, an independent U.S. oil firm, hit new snags in Ukrainian offshore oil project after officials had admitted the site had been previously used by the military and may be dangerous.

KIEV, March 26 ??“ The ruling Regions Party has been facing a sharp drop in public support over the past several months following an increase in housing and utility prices, a poll showed Monday.

KIEV, March 26 - One miner was killed and another was injured from falling rock at the Ekspluatatsionnaya mine in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine.

Minsk, March 26 ??“ Parliament Deputy Speaker Mykola Tomenko said there is promise for cooperation with Belarus in resolving energy security problems facing the two countries and Europe as a whole.

KIEV, March 26 ??“ Natalia Vitrenko, the leader of an ultra leftist and pro-Russian group, on Monday pledged to launch street protests after exit poll data had indicated the group may fail to make it to Parliament.