KIEV, Jan. 22 – A Kiev court on Thursday banned the National Bank of Ukraine from releasing 3 billion hryvnias in refinancing cash to Nadra Bank, which that has been facing increasing pressure on its deposits.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Ukraine’s top security body may postpone its scheduled meeting to review the recent natural gas deal with Russia as international pressure on Kiev has been mounting to leave the deal untouched.

CHERNIHIV, Jan. 20 – Ukraine will resume electricity supplies to Belarus, President Viktor Yushchenko said.

"We agreed that Ukraine would resume electricity supplies to Belarus," he said at a joint press conference with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Chernihiv on Tuesday, following Ukrainian-Belarusan talks.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - Ukraine could introduce auctions to sell access to interstate power transmission lines to export electricity and restrictions on the minimum price of exported electricity.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – The Regions Party, Ukraine’s largest opposition group, on Tuesday agreed to nominate its members to the National Constitutional Council, a panel created by President Viktor Yushchenko for re-writing the country’s constitution.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Russia warned Ukraine on Tuesday that Kiev’s accession to NATO would “seriously aggravate” relations between the two countries and would probably trigger unspecified sanctions from Moscow in response.

KIEV, Jan. 22 ??“ Transportation Minister Mykola Rudkovskiy is under investigation from the security service and other agencies for inviting Turkmen opposition leaders to Ukraine last month that has deteriorated relations with the country??™s key gas supplier.

KIEV, Jan. 22 ??“ A local court ruling in the TransCarpathian region on Monday banned Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Moroz from signing the controversial law that dramatically reduces powers of President Viktor Yushchenko.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 ??“ Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat Andriy Konoplianik said that the oil market needs a functioning Odessa-Brody pipeline, saying it would be most effective if it is extended to Gdansk of Poland.

KIEV, Jan. 19 ??“ A technical service base has opened at the Leipzig-Halle airport (Germany) to maintain An-124-100 heavy cargo planes, also known as Ruslans, owned by Ukraine's Antonov Airlines and Russia's Volga-Dnepr company.