ODESSA, April 18 – President Viktor Yushchenko says he is satisfied on the whole with the course of preparations for the Euro 2012 European football championship finals.

KIEV, April 21 – The Ukrainian government has obliged companies which operate under joint venture agreements to sell oil and gas condensate every month at auctions, the Economy Ministry reported.

KIEV, April 21 – Lawmakers may get together for an emergency session of Parliament before May 13 to try to approve controversial amendments to the constitution that undermine the authority of the president, a lawmaker said Monday.

KIEV, April 21 – The future of Ukraine’s pro-Western government coalition was cloudy on Monday, with a senior lawmaker saying the coalition’s two partners have been waging “not cold, but hot war.”

KIEV, April 20 - The Ukrainian government on Wednesday began taking active steps, ranging from increased oil imports to boosting state-controlled retail gasoline chain, to stop skyrocketing gasoline price hike on the market.

KIEV, April 20 ??“ Ukraine??™s national currency, the hryvnia, rose 2.7% against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, the highest increase over the past five years, reflecting strong exports and rising foreign investment inflow.

KIEV, April 20 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday he will shortly meet executives from major Russian oil companies to try to ease their standoff with the Ukrainian government.

KIEV, April 21 ??“ Viktor Pinchuk, former President Leonid Kuchma??™s son-in-law and the second richest man in Ukraine, approached several Russian companies trying to sell his assets, a Russian newspaper reported.

KIEV, April 21 - Turkey turned down Ukraine??™s request to let oil tankers come through the Bosporus Strait into the Black Sea, dashing hopes for quick diversification of the country??™s oil imports, Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin said Thursday.

VILNIUS, March 20 – Revenue from Russian immobilised assets in the EU could flow to Ukraine as early as July 1 if EU member states promptly agree on the decision, European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius said.