KIEV, March 16 – Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council became a center for the fight against corruption on Friday, according to Andriy Kliuyev, the secretary of the national council.

KIEV, March 19 – The largest and large Ukrainian banks' need for additional capital is less than the sum planned in the national budget for the additional capitalization of credit and financial institutions, according to Viktor Kravest, the executive officer for payment systems and a member of the board of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, March 19 – The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to cancel a 13% extra duty on the import of a number of goods, apart from on cars and refrigerators, according to the co-chairman of the government's council of entrepreneurs, Oksana Prodan.

"The government has decided to cancel the 13% extra import duty, apart from on cars and refrigerators," she said.

KIEV, March 19 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will visit Moscow within the next three weeks for talks with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on a range of issues, including natural gas supplies, a government spokeswoman said Thursday.

KIEV, March 19 – President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko had a surprise meeting in Brussels on Thursday as European politicians worked hard to make the quarreling Ukrainian leaders reconcile.

KIEV, March 18 – U.S. President George W. Bush and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will discuss the creation of a free-trade zone between Ukraine and the United States during the U.S. leader's state visit to Ukraine, the Ukrainian president's press secretary, Iryna Vannikova, said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, March 19 - The government Wednesday approved “with a number of reservations” a natural gas deal between Russian gas giant Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, March 19 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday her party will soon nominate its own candidate for Kiev mayor, rejecting calls for her to back a single candidate on behalf of Ukraine’s governing coalition.

KIEV, March 19 ??“ Ukraine selected candidates to work on a new program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation to stamp out state-sector corruption, according to a letter of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko sent to John Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

KIEV, March 19 ??“ The project to implement the renewed Ukraine-EU Action Plan on justice, freedom and security will undergo its first official discussions in Kiev on March 22-23, the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union reported.