KIEV, Nov. 18 – Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will join thousands of small business owners protesting the approval of new tax legislation, a group whose demands have been shifting towards political issues.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – One third of the Ukrainian banking sector is on the verge of bankruptcy, but the development of industry could rescue it, according to presidential candidate Arseniy Yatseniuk.

KIEV, Nov. 18 - Ukraine’s largest opposition group, the Regions Party, on Thursday may initiate a vote of no-confidence in the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a senior party official said Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday sparked confusion over upcoming talks with Russia after she suddenly reversed course and said the discussions will touch upon many economic issues, but not natural gas.

ABU DHABI, Nov. 17 – The United Arab Emirates has reached preliminary agreement with Ukraine on the acquisition of an An-148 aircraft, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko recently had a secret meeting with George Soros, the U.S.-based financier and currency speculator, seeking his advice on how to deal with the escalating financial crisis in Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – The hryvnia lost value rapidly against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday amid signs the National Bank of Ukraine was reconsidering its policy of “unlimited” interventions to back the local currency.

MOSCOW, Nov. 17 - Experts estimate the damage caused to the environment by the disaster in the Kerch Strait at 304 billion rubles, Nikolai Bezirganin, the head of the Azov-Black Sea territorial department of the State Fisheries Committee, told Interfax.

KIEV, Nov. 16 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday urged Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to submit a report within days on the environmental impact of a recent major Russian fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait.

KIEV, Nov. 16 - Ukraine and Russia will sign an agreement next week covering natural gas supplies and prices in 2008, Ukraine’s top negotiator on the issue told President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday.