KIEV, March 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych has called for the adoption of a new government privatization program and the expansion of the list of companies to be sold off.

DONETSK, March 19 – The law on special economic zones and priority development territories will again start working in Ukraine, newly appointed Chairman of Donetsk Regional Administration Anatoliy Blyzniuk said on Friday, with reference to a statement made by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych during a meeting with Donetsk region leadership on Thursday.

DONETSK, March 22 – The price of gas for the public from various groups of society should not be equal, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said at a press conference in Donetsk last week.

"We’ve instructed the economy and finance ministries to consider a differentiated approach to price formation.

KIEV, March 22 – Arseniy Yatseniuk, an opposition leader who appealed the creation of the governing coalition at the Constitutional Court, said Monday he was not sure the ruling will be fair and objective.

KIEV, March 22 – President Viktor Yanukovych will accept an invitation to join a nuclear non-proliferation summit in Washington next month along with 50 other world leaders, according to the presidential press service.

KIEV, March 22 – A Ukrainian government team will travel to Moscow on Tuesday to seek lower natural gas prices, perhaps in exchange for creating a consortium that would jointly operate Ukrainian gas pipelines.

KIEV, March 19 - Ukraine's current account deficit expanded to $12.9 billion, or 7.1% of GDP, in 2008, from $5.3 billion, or 3.7% of GDP, in 2007, according to updated statistics posted on the National Bank's Web site.

BRUSSELS, March 19 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she hopes that Ukraine will resume its cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and that the country will get a second tranche from the fund in the coming weeks.

KIEV, March 20 - The government plans to reshuffle the top management at UkrTransGaz, a subsidiary of Naftogaz Ukrayiny that operates the country’s natural gas pipelines, Iryna Bohoslovska, the head of Parliament’s committee, said Friday.

KIEV, March 22 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko left for Brussels on Sunday to participate - jointly with President Viktor Yushchenko - at an international investment conference Monday aimed at modernization of Ukraine’s natural gas pipelines.