KIEV, Sept. 20 ??“ Ukraine is planning by the end of 2006 to join the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), which oversees air safety standards in Europe, according to Mykola Marchenko, the head of the state service for supervision of the provision of aviation safety.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych met Russian President Vladimir Putin late Thursday in the Kremlin ahead of important talks over natural gas supplies, media reports said.

KIEV, Sept. 21 ??“ Parliament, by a slim Regions Party-led majority, voted on Thursday to start debates over the 2007 budget submitted by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, Sept. 21 ??“ In a direct assault on President Viktor Yushchenko??™s pro-Western policy, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday that his pro-Russian ruling coalition will be defining the domestic and foreign policies of Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - Ukraine's law enforcement agency Wednesday appealed recent court rulings that had written off $1.32 billion debt owed to the state by now defunct company once owned by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - An ongoing political crisis may jeopardize Ukraine's finances this year as the government keeps postponing the planned sale of ?600 million 10-year Eurobond, Acting Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk said Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - After four hours of talks with political groups Wednesday, President Viktor Yushchenko again decided to nominate his ally Yuriy Yekhanurov as the new prime minister, Yushchenko's spokeswoman said.

KIEV, Sept. 21 -- Bridge International Communications Services, Inc. has announced it has successfully negotiated an agreement for the exchange of International voice and data traffic to Ukraine with the national telecommunications carrier JSC Ukrtelecom.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - The trilateral working group of EU, Ukrainian and Polish representatives on creating the Euro-Asian Oil Transportation corridor will submit the first draft of a feasibility study on extending the Odessa - Brody pipeline to Plock (Poland) in mid-December 2005.

KIEV, Sept. 22 - Ukraine??™s Parliament Thursday overwhelmingly approved Yuriy Yekhanurov, an ally of President Viktor Yushchenko, as the new prime minister, which is likely to help bring an end to a sharp political crisis.