KIEV, Dec. 23 - Ukraine's opposition is in disarray after failing to offer a clear agenda to their supporters in response to the signing by President Viktor Yanukovych of a bailout deal with Russia, AFP reported.
KIEV, Dec. 23 - Russia closed a deal on Friday to buy Ukraine's newly-issued $3 billion Eurobond, part of a $15 billion bailout of its smaller neighbor, Reuters reported citing Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
KIEV, Dec. 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych has for the third consecutive year topped the rating of the most influential Ukrainians, according to Focus magazine.
KIEV, Dec. 21 – A senior government official dismissed allegations from opposition groups that the 2013 budget had been illegally tampered with and changed before it was signed by President Viktor Yanukovych.
KIEV, Dec. 23 – A little-known banker with close personal connections to President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday was approved – without debate or a Q&A session with lawmakers - as the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.
KIEV, Dec. 23 – President Viktor Yushchenko Wednesday urged the government to unlock financing of the upcoming presidential election after the Central Election Commission complained less than 1% of the money has so far been allocated.
KIEV, Dec. 23 – Talks between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund over $2 billion in emergency lending collapsed after the government failed to approve its 2010 budget, officials said Wednesday.
KIEV, Dec. 23 - Ukraine is not involved in the transportation of the weapons found on board the plane detained in Thailand, President Viktor Yuschenko's press service said in a statement.
"The results of the inquiry conducted at the request of the Ukrainian president point to a lack of evidence of possible involvement by Ukraine and Ukrainian companies in the supposedly illegal arms deal.
KIEV, Dec. 23 – While a radical improvement of the state of Ukraine's balance of payment was not seen in November, the rise in the deficit of the current and financial account slowed against October’s, Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU governor, told Interfax-Ukraine.
