KIEV, June 18 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to send its recommendations on the program of the country's economic development to the Ukrainian authorities, Andre Kuusvek, the bank's representative in Ukraine, told the press on Thursday.

KIEV, June 18 – Improvement of relations between Ukraine and Russia is a key factor of stability in Eastern Europe, which fully meets the interests of the European Union, Germany's Bundestag President Norbert Lammert said during a meeting with a Ukrainian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.

KIEV, June 20 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Sunday rejected reports that Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny was going to be merged with Russia’s gas giant Gazprom.

KIEV, June 19 – Ukraine doesn’t have any other option but to resume cooperation – and borrowing – from the International Monetary Fund, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Friday.

KIEV, June 19 - The depreciated cost of the facilities controlled by the Transport and Communications Ministry is estimated at UAH848 billion, according to the findings of an assessment held by the State Property Fund jointly with the ministry.

KIEV, June 19 - A delegation of Ukraine's Fuel and Energy Ministry and the State Concern Ukratomprom, led by Deputy Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Nedashkovsky, left for the Russian city of Angarsk on Monday.

LUXEMBOURG, June 19 - Luxembourg supports closer relations between Ukraine and the European Union, yet the integration movement must be gradual, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said.

MOSCOW, June 20 - The Russian Economic Development and Trade Ministry and the Ukrainian Economics Ministry plan to sign an agreement on trade in Ukrainian flat cold-rolled steel products during Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's June 22visit to Russia, a Russian ministry source told Interfax.

KIEV, June 20 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko will travel to Brussels on Thursday to assure European Union leaders that Ukraine??™s political crisis is over and the country has been preparing for the early Sept. 30 election.

MOSCOW, June 20 ??“ RosUkrEnergo, a Swiss-registered gas trader thought to be controlled by Gazprom, may store extra amount of natural gas in Ukrainian underground gas tanks for the winter, a Gazprom official said Tuesday.