KIEV, Feb. 23 – Serhiy Tyhypko, who is among the people President-elect Viktor Yanukovych has been considering nominating the prime minister, said Ukraine would benefit from early Parliamentary election as the next coalition will probably be unstable.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – The Regions Party, led by President-elect Viktor Yanukovych, on Tuesday used a trick to delay a government no-confidence motion for one week to secure enough time to finish talks over a new coalition.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – Accreditation for the media to cover the February 25 inauguration ceremony of incoming President Viktor Yanukovych starts on Tuesday, the Regions Party reported.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – The Sultanate of Oman will not impose restrictive sanctions on Ukrainian steel products, Sayyid Fahad bin Mahmood Al-Said, the Omani Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, said at a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, Feb. 24 – A draft national budget of Ukraine for 2010 should be urgently sent for consideration to Parliament, and it should foresee the realization of unpopular measures to restore economy growth, according to Mykola Derkach, the head of the parliamentary budget committee (Lytvyn Bloc).

KIEV, Feb. 24 – Traffic will be partially restricted in Kiev on February 24-25 due to the inauguration of the new Ukrainian president, the public relations department of the State Automobile Inspection of Kiev reported.

KIEV, Feb. 24 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny will have to pay more than $600 million to Russian gas giant Gazprom before March 7 for gas imported in February, acting Finance Minister Ihor Umanskiy said Wednesday.

KIEV, Feb. 24 – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will probably skip the presidential inauguration of Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday, sending other officials instead, according to media reports on Wednesday.

KIEV, Feb. 24 – The Regions Party, which plans to form a new governing coalition, suggests cutting taxes and encouraging investments as a means to catapult Ukraine to become one of 20 biggest economies in the world.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24 - Moody's Investors Service has put the Republic of Ukraine's foreign and local currency government bond ratings (B1) and the foreign currency country ceilings for bonds (Ba3) and bank deposits (B2) under review for possible downgrade.