KIEV, March 22 – Poland hopes that during its presidency of the European Union Ukraine will sign an association agreement with the EU, although Ukraine needs to conduct a series of reforms to achieve this.

TBILISI, March 22 – Georgia does not expect a worsening of intergovernmental relations with Ukraine and believes that the Ukrainian market is successful for investment, according to Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri.

KIEV, March 22 - Ukraine's Economy Ministry, in a reworked draft state budget program for economic and social development in 2010, proposes a state budget deficit of 4% of GDP.

KIEV, March 22 – Ukraine's most famous boxer, a faction leader of the Kiev City Council, Vitaliy Klychko, has sent an open letter to President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov asking them to dismiss Leonid Chernovetsky as Kiev mayor and call a fresh mayor election and elections to Kiev City Council.

KIEV, March 23 – The Ukrainian government has set itself the task of improving domestic payment discipline for energy and liquidating debts in the Energy Market state company as soon as possible, First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 23 – An upcoming ruling by the Constitutional Court over the way the governing coalition was created earlier this month may trigger early parliamentary elections, former President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 23 – President Viktor Yanukovych will be sending Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to Moscow on Thursday to bolster his case for lower natural gas prices following the first day of talks with Russia.

BRUSSELS, March 23 - Ukraine agreed to clean up corruption in its gas export industry in return for Western investment in a deal with the EU on Monday that sparked a sharp warning from Russia, a newswire reported.

KIEV, March 23 - The cash gap of the general fund in the middle of March fell to UAH 1.4-1.7 billion compared to UAH 7.7 billion as of early 2009 and UAH 6 billion as of early March 2009, according to data from the State Treasury of Ukraine issued on March 20.

VILNIUS, March 21 - Nine ex-Communist NATO members, plus Canada, have urged the rest of the Atlantic alliance to overcome splits and open the door to Ukraine and Georgia at its April summit, AFP reported.