KIEV, May 18 – The National Bank of Ukraine has cancelled a moratorium on the early withdrawal of bank deposits that has been in effect since October 2008.

A respective decision is foreseen in bank resolution No. 282 of May 12, 2009, which came into force on the day it was signed.

KIEV, May 18 - President Viktor Yushchenko, concerned about the possibility of Naftogaz Ukrayiny default, on Monday urged the government to amend its budget to provide more funding for the national oil and gas company.

KIEV, May 16 - President Viktor Yushchenko, in his state-of-the-nation speech published on Friday, called on the government to sign a long-term natural gas supply agreement with Russia before the end of July.

KIEV, May 18 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s group, after a four-month delay, on Friday backed legislation increasing the powers of President Viktor Yushchenko, but relations between the two continued to remain tense.

KIEV, May 15 – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has called on British businessmen to more actively invest in the Ukrainian economy, according to the president's press service.

KIEV, May 18 - A Ukrainian government team will travel to Turkmenistan next week for talks seeking to resume direct natural gas imports from the Central Asian country, an Energy and Fuel Ministry spokesman said Thursday.

KIEV, May 18 ??“ Ukraine??™s pro-Western parties seeking to create the ruling coalition should include a clause in a coalition agreement that outlines the country??™s plans to join NATO, President Viktor Yushchenko said.

KIEV, May 18 ??“ Ukraine??™s huge trade turnover with Russia and other former Soviet Union states requires them to be part of an international organization, like the Commonwealth of Independent States, President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday.

KIEV, May 17 ??“ The national nuclear energy generation company EnergoAtom is going to complete the transition to alternative fuel assemblies instead of currently used regular fuel assemblies in three or four years, according to EnergoAtom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky.

KIEV, May 17 ??“ Ukraine??™s economy will be expanding an extra 2% each year, pushed by rising exports following its accession to the World Trade Organization, Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin said Tuesday.