TOKYO, Jan. 19 - Ukraine is interested in the presence of Japanese businesses in all branches of its economy, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Ministry is initiating the introduction of antidumping duties on imported fuels: at EUR 130 per ton for gasoline irrespective of the country of origin and at EUR 80 per ton for diesel fuel, according to Kostiantyn Borodin, the director of the ministry's oil, gas and oil refining industry department.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Ukraine will replace top managers of UkrNafta, the country’s largest oil company, at a shareholder meeting on February 25, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Serhiy Arbuzov, the new governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, postponed indefinitely his first press conference on Wednesday amid controversy over the mysterious source of his massive income in 2009.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday instructed Mikhail Zurabov, the Russian ambassador to Ukraine, to restart a diplomatic mission in Kiev, six months after the Kremlin had suspended the mission.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, the frontrunner in Ukraine’s presidential election, on Tuesday promised to renegotiate a key natural gas agreement with Russia after winning the presidency next month.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Ukraine’s two remaining presidential hopefuls, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, on Tuesday scrambled to chase swing voters who may define the outcome of the runoff election next month.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 19 – Even if the Russian gas flow to the EU is restored soon it will take several days for the gas to reach the European customers, Industry and Trade Minister Martin Riman of the Czech Republic, which holds the EU presidency, said in a statement made public in Brussels on Sunday.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - President Viktor Yushchenko told British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday that Russian natural gas supplies to the European Union may be resumed in the near future.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - President Viktor Yushchenko’s energy security envoy said Monday he was “cautious” over the latest natural gas agreement between Russia and Ukraine, warning it may be a burden for the economy.