KIEV, Sept. 20 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has invited Singaporean businessmen to invest in the Ukrainian economy.

"We look forward to your visit, which will allow Singaporean investors to better understand our country," the Ukrainian government's press service quoted him as saying at a meeting with Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – President Viktor Yushchenko has accused the International Monetary Fund of being too lenient on the government led by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, according to an article published in the Financial Times on Sept. 17.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The government said Monday it will try to sell the Odessa Portside Plant, a lucrative chemical company, at an auction on Sept. 29 despite opposition from President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The Ukrainian government indicated Monday it would provide guarantees on foreign debts of Naftogaz Ukrayiny if the company reaches a deal with investors to reschedule its debts for at least five years.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 – Ukraine will seek to strengthen its defense following the decision by the U.S. to abandon the planned missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday.

ZAPORIZHIA, Sept. 18 – If the presidential election were to be held next Sunday, the three first places would be won by Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and leader of the NGO Front of Changes Arseniy Yatseniuk, according to a survey carried out by the National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISS) on September 8-12, 2009.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – The lending situation in Ukraine could improve after the realization of measures aimed at bolstering demand in the country, according to Petro Poroshenko, the head of the Council of National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - President Viktor Yushchenko will visit Azerbaijan in November to try to resume efforts to organize an alternative to Russia’s Caspian Sea oil supply route, shattered after Russia’s invasion into Georgia last month.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - Natural gas talks between Russia and Ukraine over supply volumes and prices to be charged in 2009 are stalled due to on-going political instability in Ukraine, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Friday.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko exchanged some of the harshest criticism of each other over the weekend, a sign that a new coalition between the two is increasingly unlikely.