KIEV, Aug. 20 — More than 309,000 people have joined a class-action lawsuit against President Viktor Yanukovych over the past 30 days by signing petition seeking his removal from office through impeachment, opposition leaders said Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - Ukraine plans to import 25 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia in 2010, or less then half of what had been originally expected, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is reluctant to secure $1.7 billion in natural gas loans negotiated with the European Commission, and instead focuses on "secret" talks with undisclosed lenders, a senior official said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appear headed for a showdown with President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday, when they will seek to change legislation governing the next presidential election.

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.