KIEV, Nov. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko has called on political forces to unite to meet commitments to the International Monetary Fund.

"The president is calling on all political forces to unite to completely fulfil [Ukraine's] commitments to the IMF," Presidential Secretariat First Deputy chief Oleksandr Shlapak said at a meeting between the head of state and the G7 ambassadors.

KIEV, Nov. 20 – A U.S. district court has reduced by 11 months the nine-year prison sentence for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, who was convicted in the United States of corruption in Ukraine, the U.S. media have reported.

YALTA, Nov. 20 - Ukraine will increase the fee it charges Russia for transit of its natural gas to the European Union to “market” level for the first time in January 2010, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 22 – President Viktor Yushchenko faced unexpected opposition from his Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense party on Thursday when he suggested nominating his security advisor Ivan Pliushch for speaker of Parliament.

KIEV, Nov. 22 ??“ The Ukrainian government has vowed to investors that it will carry out stable monetary and currency policy, and rein in the country's inflation. "Along with the National Bank of Ukraine, we guarantee predictable monetary and currency policy," First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Nov. 22 ??“ Ukraine, pressed by the United States and by the European Union, on Wednesday pledged to comply with World Trade Organization regulations while revising its recent controversial grain export restrictions.

KIEV, Nov. 22 - Ukraine marked the second anniversary of its so-called Orange Revolution in a low-key manner Wednesday, as groups planned small gatherings in Independence Square, focal point of the 2004 mass demonstrations that led to President Viktor Yushchenko taking office.

KIEV, Nov. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko parties are in talks that may prevent an opposition leader from heading the government after March 2006 election, a negotiator said Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko, addressing more than 100,000 people at a rally in downtown Kiev Tuesday, called for unity among his former allies in order to win March 2006 general election and continue reforms.

MOSCOW, Nov. 22 ??“ Russia??™s Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov postponed a scheduled visit to Ukraine indefinitely with Russian government officials citing a deadlock in natural gas talks between the two countries as the reason.