BRUSSELS, Nov. 17 – The Ukrainian government plans to re-write its 2010 draft budget as it seeks to persuade the International Monetary Fund to resume lending to the country, Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 17 – The economic crisis has already changed Ukrainian politics, according to President Viktor Yushchenko.

"The crisis has changed our country's political priorities. Economic leadership, unity, and professionalism have become paramount," reads an article by the president published in the Financial Times on Monday, the presidential press service reported.

KIEV, Nov. 17 - A sharp fall in prices and a decrease in the demand for chemicals on the foreign and Ukrainian markets in October has triggered a 20-50% decrease in chemical production, according to Ukrainian Industry Minister Volodymyr Novytsky.

"Ammonium prices on the foreign market fell by three times compared to the third quarter of this year.

KIEV, Nov. 17 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was Monday considering ways of surviving a looming no-confidence vote in Parliament that may include replacing key ministers in her government, people familiar with the situation said.

KIEV, Nov. 17 - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Thursday his country was interested in moving Caspian Sea crude to markets in Europe by using Ukraine??™s Odessa-Brody oil pipeline.

KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ Ukraine and Russia are in a deadlock over natural gas supplies and prices in 2006 that may affect relations between the two, according to separate accounts by Russian and Ukrainian negotiators.

KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ The Regions Party, led by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, leads other groups in an opinion poll taken five months ahead of general election in Ukraine, according to data released Thursday.

KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ Ukraine and Russia will try to agree on the conditions for making joint electricity supplies to Moldova before the visit of Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov to Ukraine, which is expected on Nov. 23.

KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ The growth of foreign direct investment in Ukraine from January to September was estimated at $932.2 mln, 7.2% down on year-over-year.

KYIV, Oct 17 – In the war with Russia, Ukraine is not facing Russia itself, but a coalition of powerful countries that will only get stronger, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny said, commenting on the Victory Plan presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.