NEW YORK, Sept. 22 – President Viktor Yanukovych, whose government has been unofficially restricting grain exports since the end of July, said his plan was to make Ukraine one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of food.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – One of the factors hindering Ukraine's economic development is the public's poor knowledge of English, Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych opened the new Terminal F at Boryspil International Airport on Tuesday.

"First of all, I want to congratulate the constructors, who showed that the professional level in Ukraine meets international standards," the president told reporters and employees of the airport.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that Belarus can render assistance to Ukraine in restoring the country's agriculture.

Lukashenko, according too Ukrayinska Pravda, noted that Belarus is ready to supply anything Ukraine would ask for.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – A Ukraine-EU Troika meeting at the level of foreign ministers will be held in New York on Sept. 25 during the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – The decision of the Ukrainian government to issue state guarantees as part of the restructuring of the external debt of Ukraine's state gas company Naftogaz will increase the state debt by almost UAH 100 billion, Serhiy Levochkin, deputy chairman of the Regions party has said.

KIEV, Sept. 22 - Ukraine will not resume direct natural gas imports from Turkmenistan until 2015 when the Central Asian country plans to double gas output, Bohdan Sokolovskiy, President Viktor Yushchenko’s top energy aide, said Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 – Ukraine’s rival Orthodox Christian church leaders are close to creating a unified church that would be independent from Moscow, President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – Ukraine is running out of time and must resume natural gas talks with Russia “within weeks” to avoid aggravation and gas shortages in December, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - The Ukrainian government plans to leave oil and gas production royalties unchanged in 2009, according to the draft 2009 budged recently submitted to Parliament.