KIEV, Sept. 17 - The Ukrainian government forecasts that the harvest next year will increase for virtually all crops.

The grain harvest next year will total 43.5 million tons according to the state program for socioeconomic development in 2010 drafted by the Cabinet and published on the web site of the Verkhovna Rada. The harvest this year is projected to total 42.565 million tons.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – The privatization of the Odessa Port-Side Plant threatens the economic security of Ukraine, according to President Viktor Yushchenko, who on Thursday suspended a cabinet resolution on the sale of the plant in 2009.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Ukraine, which had been scheduled for October, has been canceled, the Kommersant-Ukraine newspaper reported on Friday.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko said Ukraine’s gas agreement with Russia can be changed at “any moment” and voiced support for state-run NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy’s plan to repay or swap $500 million of eurobonds.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - President Viktor Yushchenko will seek to warn Barack Obama this week that Russia’s attack against Georgia in 2008 poses a threat that European leaders still haven’t addressed, Bloomberg reported Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Ukraine's government will continue holding a tender to sell a 99.52% stake in Odessa port-side plant, although the Ukrainian authorities still need to develop a consolidated position on this issue, Economy Minister Anatoliy Kinakh told reporters on Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Thursday accused the office of President Viktor Yushchenko of interference that complicates talks with Russia over natural gas supplies in 2008.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party on Thursday suddenly threatened to withdraw from the Sept. 30 snap election after accusing two opposition groups of taking actions that may reduce the party’s showing.

MOSCOW, Sept. 19 – The upcoming elections in Ukraine and Russia will have no effect on bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin said.

KIEV, Sept. 20 ??“ Ukraine and Russia could sign a range of agreements on energy sector cooperation during a meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental committee for economic cooperation this fall, according to Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko.