KIEV, March 15 - President Viktor Yanukovych has instructed the National Bank of Ukraine to consider by the end of March letting foreign issuers with assets in Ukraine trade on the domestic equity market.

KIEV, March 15 – Only international sanctions could make Ukraine return to its European integration path, but they should not be introduced for all citizens of Ukraine, the leader of the UDAR Party, Vitali Klitschko, said at a meeting with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski in Warsaw.

GORKI, March 18 - Ukraine's membership in the Customs Union in the 3+1 format is impossible and the country needs to either ratify all documents or get only observer status in the organization, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

KIEV, March 18 – Opposition groups may unblock the work of Parliament on Tuesday after achieving some progress at a meeting with the pro-government party on Monday, lawmakers said Monday.

KIEV, March 16 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has assessed the total amount of funds required for the realization of the social initiatives of President Viktor Yanukovych at UAH 25 billion.

"It’s not a large sum [of expense] compared to the total budget expenditure – around 5%," he said in an interview with the Examination for Power TV program on the First National TV Channel.

KIEV, March 18 – Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko on Saturday was elected to the No. 2 position at the ruling Regions Party, a step that opens way for him to become the next prime minister later this year.

KIEV, March 15 – President Viktor Yanukovych has instructed Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to draw up and submit to Parliament bills on amendments to the national budget for 2012 aimed at the realization of social policy to improve the standard of living.

KIEV, March 15 – Ukraine should consider the possible strengthening of macroprudential regulation, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Max Alier said.

"Many problems that appeared in 2008 were caused not only by situation at a specific financial institution.

KIEV, March 18 - Ukraine, at upcoming talks with Russia, will seek to lower natural gas prices closer to levels at which Belarus buys Russian natural gas, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Thursday.

KIEV, March 18 – Ukraine will seek to continue cooperation with the International Monetary Fund even after its $16.4 billion two-year Stand-by loan program is over in November 2010, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Thursday.