KIEV, Sept. 24 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday again pledged to remove RosUkrEnergo as Ukraine’s only supplier of natural gas imports starting in 2009 as part a hoped-for gas deal with Russia.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – A week after flatly ruling out coalition talks with President Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s lawmakers indicated Wednesday such talks were possible and could be successful.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – Representatives of the New York Stock Exchange will soon visit Ukraine to develop joint means of cooperation, according to an agreement reached by President Viktor Yushchenko and NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The Economy Ministry has put oil on the list of goods, the re-export of which requires permission, in order to increase the volume of its refining at Ukrainian oil refineries, Economy Minister Anatoliy Kinakh told the press on Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 24 - Ukraine will spend around $600 million of its 2008 budget funds on preparations for the Euro 2012 soccer championship, deputy finance minister Sergei Rybak said Monday.

LONDON, Sept. 24 – Ukraine’s former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, flew into London last week to meet another former Prime Minister: Baroness Margaret Thatcher, with Tymoshenko vowing to drag her country kicking and screaming away from the Russian bear and into the European fold if she returns to office after elections next weekend, according to Times Online.

KIEV, Sept. 24 - Deputy Prime Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk on Monday condemned efforts by Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko to have Ukraine join NATO and accused him of ignoring the Ukrainian people's interests while pushing for the accession.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 21 ??“ The European Commission has praised the pace of natural gas pumping to Ukraine's underground facilities, saying it will make it possible to meet both the domestic demand and that of the EU for gas transit during the winter season.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 ??“ The controlled destruction of 1,000 Ukrainian shoulder-fired missiles was completed on Sept. 20, the US State Department announced on Friday.

KIEV, Sept. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday threatened to use his constitutional powers to suspend at least one economic decision recently approved by the government unless he sees more cooperation between the authorities.