KIEV, June 22 ??“ Russia and its allies rejected Ukraine??™s efforts to make the Commonwealth of Independent States an effective regional organization, a sign that the CIS has no future, President Viktor Yushchenko said.

KIEV, June 22 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, pledged Thursday it will store more natural gas in underground tanks than is required to survive the winter, suggesting the company may resume exports.

KIEV, June 22 ??“ A pro-Western coalition controlling a simple majority in Parliament was officially registered on Thursday after 239 lawmakers had put their signatures on the agreement, ending three months of complicated talks.

KIEV, June 22 - Yulia Tymoshenko, who is likely to become the next prime minister, said Thursday the government will work hard to re-negotiate a controversial natural gas agreement signed between Ukraine and Russia in January.

KIEV, June 21 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko Tuesday met Rupert Murdoch, a media mogul and the chairman of News Corp, an international media giant, and called for investments in the country??™s media sector to boost competition.

KIEV, June 21 ??“ A slowdown in exports reduced supply of hard currency on the forex market, easing an upward pressure on the hryvnia that had been the case earlier this year, an official said Tuesday.

KYIV, May 21 – Ukrainian power engineers are focusing on the possibility of using equipment from old, in particular, decommissioned power plants in partner countries, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine said with reference to the head of the department, Herman Haluschenko, on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, May 21 - European Union countries announced on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to use the profits earned from frozen Russian assets to provide military support to Ukraine and help rebuild the war-torn country.

KYIV, May 21 - Sending air defense systems to Ukraine to help protect it from Russian cruise missiles, rockets and drones is an “absolute priority,” Germany’s foreign minister said in Kyiv on Tuesday after visiting a local power plant that was largely reduced to ruins by a recent barrage.

KYIV, May 22 - Leaders around the Baltic Sea reacted warily Wednesday to reports that Russia could revise the borders of its territorial waters in the region, with Lithuania’s foreign minister calling it an “obvious escalation” that must be met with an “appropriately firm response.”