KIEV, Aug. 18 – There is currently no reason for the hryvnia to fall, President Viktor Yushchenko said in a statement on his official website.

"There are currently no factors that may have a negative effect on the stability of the hryvnia exchange rate, apart from the one – an uncontrollable budget deficit. But this question can be easily resolved – either with the participation of the National Bank or without it, and through the support of a weak or strict budget policy in Ukraine," he said at a meeting with National Bank of Ukraine Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh on Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 18 – Ukraine's GDP over 2009 might fall by over 10%, Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisers to the National Bank of Ukraine governor, says.

"This is my timid hypothesis that the fall will total 10%," Lytvytsky said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – A major financial industry group has asked President Viktor Yushchenko to interfere in the situation on the stock market seen due to the non-fulfillment of liabilities before investors in corporate bonds of some issuers.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has assigned UAH55 million to Georgia for the restoration of housing for the families affected by the armed conflict around South Ossetia and UAH1.5 million for recreation of Georgian children in Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, suspending her vacation to attend a government meeting on Wednesday, denied allegations of secretly promoting Russian interests in exchange for support from Moscow at the next presidential election in Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - The Kiev-based Antonov scientific and technical complex is going to demonstrate its new An-148 regional jet, being developed by Russia and Ukraine in cooperation with world's most prominent equipment manufacturers, at the MAKS 2007 international aerospace show in Zhukovsky on Aug. 21-26.

KIEV, Aug. 17 – President Viktor Yushchenko plans to ask the cabinet to review its resolution to transfer of a state stake in UkrTatNafta from the management of the national Naftogaz Ukrayiny to the State Property Fund, spokesman Yan Bernaziuk, said in Kiev.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – The accident involving a train carrying yellow phosphorus in the Lviv region was caused by the faulty upgrading of the tankers, according to Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kozmuk.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The government that will be formed after the Sept. 30 election will pursue a balanced policy and will be forced to take into account the opinions of a powerful opposition, President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The dispute over plans to strip lawmakers of immunity became less hypothetical Monday after former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of an opposition group, promised to prosecute her political opponents should the Sept. 30 election return her to power.