KIEV, May 29 – Ukraine in 2012 will harvest 14.5 million tons of winter crops, a fall of 43% year-over-year, of the Ukrainian Weather Center Director Mykola Kulbida said.

KIEV, May 29 - Ukraine may have overpaid $150 million for an offshore drilling oil rig earlier this year, potentially highlighting a massive case of government corruption, according to an investigation by Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper.

KIEV, May 26 – A court in the state of Oregon (the United States) has ruled that over $19 million spent illegally on vaccine at artificially high prices by the government led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is to be reimbursed to the Ukrainian national budget, the press service of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers reported.

KIEV, May 28 - By vetoing the government's decision imposing quotas on sunflower oil exports, President Viktor Yushchenko has assumed responsibility for the inflation processes in the country, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, May 29 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will postpone indefinitely her amendments to the constitution reducing powers of the president as the opposition Regions Party had apparently withdrawn support for the motion.

KIEV, May 29 - Ukraine's Parliament began quickly approving laws on Tuesday for early national poll designed to end months of confrontation between pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko and Moscow-leaning Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

ODESSA, May 29 - Ukraine appears increasingly likely to prolong grain export quotas as severe drought threatens the 2007 harvest, prompting industry analysts on Tuesday to slash forecasts for exports in the 2007/08 season.

KIEV, May 29 ??“ Ukraine??™s fragile agreement ending political crisis appeared to be in jeopardy Tuesday when the pro-Russian government and pro-Western president had renewed attempts to get control over the key law enforcement agency.

KIEV, May 29 ??“ The National Bank of Ukraine is unlikely to make any changes to the monetary policy until the end of June, a member of the council, a policy setting body, said Monday.

KIEV, May 29 ??“ Sixteen people, most of them members of the chief automobile inspection agency, survived a 24-floor plunge of an elevator at the Transportation Ministry after emergency brake system had switched on, officials said Monday.