KIEV, Nov. 22 - The National Bank of Ukraine is forecasting that its gross international reserves could increase to between $20.5 billion and $21 billion in 2006 from $19.3 billion on Jan. 1, First Deputy Chairman of the Anatoliy Shapovalov told Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 23 ??“ The court that reinstated Sviatoslav Piskun as prosecutor general last week had misidentified a presidential decree contested by Piskun, which makes the ruling a legal non-sense, a presidential aide said Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 23 ??“ Ukraine will accelerate diplomacy within regional groups such as GUAM aimed at promoting democracy and solving some of the most complicated ethnic conflicts in the area, President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 23 ??“ Coal production in Ukraine in 2005 will fall by 3.3% from 2004, to 77.5 mln tons, Coal Industry Minister Viktor Topolov said in Kiev on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 - The United States expressed deep concerns over indications of fraud committed in the Ukrainian presidential election and urged the authorities not to certify results until investigations of organized fraud are resolved.

KIEV, Nov. 22 - Tensions rose sharply in Ukraine on Monday after the Central Electoral Committee reported a vote counting tally that the opposition says has been falsified in favor of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, Nov. 22 - U.S. President George W. Bush's special envoy Monday condemned Ukraine's presidential election as a concerted fraud by the authorities and urged President Leonid Kuchma to change the situation before it was too late.

KYIV, Oct 23 – Ukraine's delegation, led by Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy, expressed gratitude to IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva for the Fund's decision to increase the number of tranches and total financing for Ukraine in 2025 under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).

KYIV, Oct 23 – The UK has announced an additional GBP 120 million (about $155 million) to support Ukraine's Maritime Capability Coalition.

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 - The U.S. said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several locations, calling the move very serious and warning that those forces will be “fair game” if they go into combat in Ukraine.