KIEV, Oct 22 - Two European Union ministers urged Ukraine on Tuesday to stop "bluffing" and reach a deal on the release of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko because time was running out, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 19 – President Viktor Yanukovych and his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff have discussed by phone the prospects for cooperation between the two countries in the space sector, in particular, the question of implementing the Cyclone-4-Alcantara project.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 22 – A deep and comprehensive free trade area with the EU is better for Ukraine than the Customs Union with Russia, said Kim Campbell, former Canadian Prime Minister and head of the International Advisory Board of Ukraine's Foundation for Effective Governance.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – Russia is awaiting an estimate of the market price of the Ukrainian natural gas pipeline, as parties on Monday failed to make progress in talks over gas prices.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – Recently appointed Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko will pay a visit to Moscow on Friday in an attempt to renew dialogue between Moscow and Kiev, a Russian news agency reported Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko says he is currently more optimistic about the economic situation in Ukraine than had been expected at the beginning of the year.

KIEV, Oct. 21 – The International Monetary Fund is concerned over the adoption by Parliament of a bill on a rise in the living wage and the minimum wage, IMF Mission Chief to Ukraine Ceyla Pazarbasioglu said while meeting with Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – Ukraine wishes to gain consent from the International Monetary Fund on the provision of a loan if such a necessity arises, said Volodymyr Stelmakh, head of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 21 – The majority of individuals' deposits in Ukraine is under the ceiling refund for individuals' defaulted bank accounts, according to the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Volodymyr Stelmakh.

KIEV, Oct. 22 - The currency reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine fell by 7.7% in October (by $2.9 billion), reaching $34.6 billion, President Viktor Yushchenko told reporters on Tuesday.

The bank reserves will be enough to repay $8.8 billion worth of foreign debts of banks and companies in the fourth quarter of this year, but their replenishment using an IMF loan will have a psychological effect on the market, said the president.