KIEV, Nov. 19 – The government has hired two investment banks, Credit Suisse and Blackstone Group, as advisors on Ukraine’s escalating financial crisis, First Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov said Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The hryvnia continued its slide against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, breaching the psychologically important level of 6 hryvnias to the dollar ahead of an important meeting that may decide the short-term future of the local currency.

KIEV, Nov. 19 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday called on the government to develop a plan to overhaul the country’s coal industry following an explosion that killed at least 80 miners on Sunday.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – Volodymyr Stelmakh, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, has refused to register as a lawmaker after winning a seat in Parliament at the Sept. 30 election, the Central Election Commission reported Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 19 - The reason behind a recent disaster in the Black Sea was that ship-owners and captains were transferring goods not in ports, but in the Kerch Strait itself, director of the Kerch R&D for fishery and oceanography Borys Panov said.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday ordered the firing of Ukraine’s top customs officials and the creation of a new department at the security service to crack down on an estimated $25 billion worth of illegal imports.

KIEV, Nov. 17 - President Viktor Yushchenko has urged the Cabinet of Ministers to accelerate a compromise decision that would help meet the demands of the domestic market and solve the problems related to grain exports, the president's press service said on Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ A top government official admitted Friday that Ukraine will have much higher inflation this year than had been earlier thought, but added consumer prices would probably be in check next year.

KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, in disagreement with President Viktor Yushchenko??™s criticism of the poor state of the housing sector, on Friday left early a meeting of Ukraine??™s top security body, media reported.

KYIV, Oct 19 – As part of the visit of the Romanian government delegation, the Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshin and the Economy Minister, Entrepreneurship and Tourism of Romania ?tefan-Radu Oprea signed a Memorandum of Understanding.