KIEV, March 22 ??“ The National Bank of Ukraine won??™t let the hryvnia, the local currency, lose value against the US dollar if general election produces a stable government coalition, a NBU official said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday there was no need to re-negotiate natural gas deal with Russia if an earlier agreed gas price stays unchanged during the next five years.

KIEV, March 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko warned he would use his power to dismiss next Parliament if parties fail to create a stable coalition after the Sunday general election.

KIEV, March 22 ??“ Ukraine finished cleaning up areas hit by a bird flu virus last year allowing the government to lift restrictions imposed on movement to and from the areas, a senior official said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 22 ??“ Ukraine and Hungary agreed to go ahead with a 4 billion euro project of building a major highway across both countries that would improve trade between the two, officials said.

KIEV, March 21 ??“ German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rotfeld were in Kiev Monday to see what can be done to help Ukraine??™s integration with the European Union, officials said.

KIEV, March 21 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday he will hold a meeting with major Caspian Sea oil producers next week to secure supplies of crude oil sufficient to reverse the Brody-to-Odessa oil pipeline route.

KYIV, Feb 21 – Ambassadors of the G7 states warned the Ukrainian authorities against approving the reform of the Economic Security Bureau (ESB), which does not comply with the requirements of European integration and the program of the International Monetary Fund, European Pravda reports.

KYIV, Feb 21 - Ukraine’s president on Wednesday invited Polish leaders to meet him at their shared border to resolve a blockade by Polish farmers protesting Ukrainian food imports, saying it’s hampering the shipment of weapons to Ukrainian soldiers.

KYIV, Feb 21 – The majority of Ukrainians, 85%, believe in Ukraine's victory in the war with the Russian Federation (from 78% of residents of the East of the country to 88.5% of residents of the Western region). 8.5% do not believe in victory (from 5.5% in the West to 13% in the East of the country), according to the results of a survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center and presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.