KIEV, Aug. 19 – The National Bank of Ukraine could expand its hryvnia exchange rate support after receiving Special Drawing Rights (SDR) from the International Monetary Fund, said First Deputy NBU Governor Anatoliy Shapovalov.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in a statement, disputed comments by President Viktor Yushchenko that the government’s widening budget deficit is a threat for the national currency, the hryvnia.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday agreed to schedule a number of meetings this year aimed at increasing economic cooperation between the two countries.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Yulia Tymoshenko's government is working on a new strategic agreement that should include transparent provisions for the formation of price for Russian natural gas supplies and its pumping through Ukraine, said Oleksandr Hudyma, the premier's adviser for energy issues.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Russia, in apparent compliance with President Viktor Yushchenko’s decrees, notified Ukraine that four battleships will be arriving at their main base in Sevastopol on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry reported Tuesday.

KHARKIV, Aug. 16 – Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych plans to meet with his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov, in Sochi on Aug. 20.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - Ukraine, which has an overcapacity of power generation, will seek to boost exports of power, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Friday while visiting a nuclear power plant in Mykolayiv region.

KIEV, Aug. 18 – Tensions have been growing between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych ahead of their upcoming meeting to discuss the government’s initiative for holding an emergency session of Parliament next month.

KYIV, July 18 – British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley said at a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on July 17 that the war in Ukraine should not be allowed to continue for another 500 days.

KYIV, July 18 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that export to the European Union is a strategic direction for Ukraine.

"Ukraine has been actively developing alternative logistics all this time - through the western border with the EU countries. More than 60% of Ukrainian exports today fall on the European Union, so this direction is strategic for us," Shmyhal said at a government meeting on Tuesday.