KIEV, Aug. 15 – Ukraine by August 15 had harvested 40.918 million tons of early grain and leguminous crops, which was 79% up on August 17, 2007, from 95% of the area under cultivation.

KIEV, Aug. 15 – A huge shortage of personnel undermines the innovative development of Ukraine, Volodymyr Halytsky, the director of the State Employment Office of Ukraine, has said in an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper.

HALYCH, Aug. 18 - Speaking to journalists in Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk region, President Victor Yushchenko criticized the government for protracting the adoption of a plan of financing the reconstruction of facilities in the flood-hit region.

KIEV, Aug. 15 - Foreign direct investment in Ukraine totaled $6.918 billion in the first half of 2008, up almost 170% from the same period of 2007, the State Statistics Committee said.

KIEV, Aug. 18 – Ukraine has resolute plans to enter the foreign debt market in 2008 and this is most likely to happen in September or October, when the situation on the international market improves, First Deputy Finance Minister Ihor Umansky said.

KIEV, Aug. 18 – President Viktor Yushchenko’s office alleged Monday that Moscow plans to spend $1 billion to support Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at the next presidential election in Ukraine in exchange for her pro-Russian stance.

KIEV, Aug. 18 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday amended his earlier decree, now allowing a truly visa free entry to Ukraine for all U.S. citizens, according to the presidential service.

KIEV, Aug. 18 - Leaders of Poland and Lithuania both accepted invitations Thursday to pay official visits to Ukraine in the fall, a sign that the countries wish to move rapidly towards establishing a new regional bloc.

KIEV, Aug. 18 - Natural gas talks between Russia and Ukraine will begin on Aug. 23 when a Ukrainian government team travels to Moscow, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 18 - The national nuclear energy generation company EnergoAtom continues working on prolongation of the effective period of effective nuclear power units.