KIEV, Nov. 23 – The dismissal of the Ukrainian government led by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov should be a minimum demand by businessmen protesting against the adoption of the new Tax Code, Svoboda Party leader Oleh Tiahnybok said.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite will pay an official visit to Ukraine on Thursday, the deputy chief of the Ukrainian president's secretariat, Andriy Honcharuk, told reporters in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 24 - Ukraine will seek to modernize and integrate its natural gas pipelines into European gas supply system to improve the energy security on the continent, President Viktor Yushchenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, currently the frontrunner in opinion polls, may have greater challenges in winning the presidency than previously thought, a new survey shows.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, his main rival for votes in Ukraine’s western regions, for her “disastrous” economic policy.

KIEV, Nov. 23 – Agreements between the Ukrainian and Russian prime ministers on gas will lead to the loss of Ukraine's status as a transit country, according to presidential candidate Arseniy Yatseniuk.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – Due to a lack of proper coordination the government and the National Bank of Ukraine are sometimes taking fiscal and monetary measures which influence the economy in opposing ways, Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn said in an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper.

KIEV, Nov. 24 - The budget revenues target will be missed in November and December as the economic situation has worsened, Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk told reporters on Monday.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 21 – Ukraine and Sweden enjoy full understanding on the issues of Ukraine's plans to join the European Union and bilateral economic cooperation, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a joint press conference after her meeting with Swedish Premier Fredrik Reinfeldt in Stockholm on Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday ordered the start urgent talks with Gazprom after the Russian natural gas giant threatened to cut gas supplies to Ukraine, citing a dispute over gas debts.