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.

KYIV, Aug 20 - Currently, 24% of Ukraine's territory is assessed as potentially unsafe due to mining, and 703 people have suffered from explosive objects, Deputy Director of the Mine Action Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Serhiy Reva said.

KYIV, Aug 20 - The Finance Ministry has announced an increase in the need for external financing of the state budget for next year from $22.7 billion set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program to $35 billion, Deputy Minister Olha Zykova reported.

KYIV, Aug 20 - The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has sent a request for international assistance through NATO's emergency response mechanism the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre.

BERLIN, Aug 20 - German officials on Monday rejected suggestions that national budget constraints could hurt weapons deliveries to Ukraine, The Associated Press reported. Berlin is its biggest supplier after the United States.

KYIV, Aug 21 – The debut mission of the European Union to monitor the implementation of the indicators of the Ukraine Facility Plan has begun three-day work in Kyiv, the Ministry of Economy reported.

KYIV, Aug 21 – The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Some 281 MPs voted in favor of the relevant bill No. 0285 on ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and amendments to it at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday, member of the European Solidarity faction Oleksiy Honcharenko said on Telegram on Wednesday.