KIEV, Oct. 16 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will meet in Belgorod, Russia, on Oct. 18-19, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Deschytsia said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - Ukraine is to become a full member of the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) in December 2008, head of the State aviation administration Anatoliy Kolesnyk said during a press conference on Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ Parliament has given first-reading approval to a bill on the conditions for privatizing small hydro power plants.

ASTANA, Oct. 18 ??“ Kazakhstan Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov has criticized the Kazakh airline, Skat, for purchasing seven Ukrainian An-148 planes.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ The government has recommended that the National Electricity Regulatory Commission effective Nov. 1 set a maximum wholesale price of natural gas for households that do not use it for heating at UAH339 per thousand cubic meters instead of the current price of UAH414 per thousand cu m.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday used his constitutional power and submitted to Parliament legislation that is required for Ukraine to join the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ Parliament on Tuesday defeated a bill that is part of a package that had been prepared by the government for Ukraine??™s accession to the World Trade Organization by the end of the year.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ Opposition lawmakers Tuesday joined forces with moderate leftist pro-government groups to approve bills seeking to derail a $2 bln auction selling Kryvorizhstal, Ukraine??™s largest steelmaker, due in less than a week.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ The Turkish hotel chain Rixos is going to build a hotel in Kiev which will meet international standards, but Rixos has not decided on its format yet, Yevhen Samartsev, the chairman of the National Public Tourist and Resort Council, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ The number of mobile phone users in Ukraine by the end of 2005 may top 25 million people, Vasyl Gandabura, the deputy transport and communications minister, said in a statement at the opening ceremony of the 13th international specialized exhibition Information Technologies and Communication 2005, according to a report carried by Interfax-Ukraine.