KIEV, Aug. 17 – Ukraine may face growing inflation if Parliament on Friday overrides a veto from President Viktor Yushchenko and allows the National Bank of Ukraine to print 9.8 billion hryvnias to pay for infrastructure projects.

KIEV, Aug. 17 – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry seeks more details about legislation that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recently submitted to authorize legal use of military force in foreign countries, allegedly for protection of Russian citizens.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - Ukraine said Friday it is ready to make its missile warning system, which had been previously used by Russia, available for Western countries following Moscow’s abrogation of a long-term agreement governing its use.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - President Viktor Yushchenko will travel to oil-rich Azerbaijan in early September for talks over crude oil supplies, the presidential press service said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 17 ??“ Ukraine faces a massive shortage of natural gas this year and the government scrambles to arrange extra gas supplies before the winter begins, a senior government official said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - The Prosecutor General Office and the State Tax Administration will soon be completely reshuffled, President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - Yevhen Kushnariov, a former governor of the Kharkiv region and a key ally of former President Leonid Kuchma, was Wednesday detained by law enforcement for alleged abuse of power, officials said.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - Leaders of Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Georgia will meet on Thursday in Crimea to discuss ways of creating a powerful regional bloc to promote democracy in the former Soviet Union.

KIEV, Aug. 16 ??“ The Transport and Communications Ministry has ordered the state aviation service to arrange the additional maintenance checks of pressurization systems of Boeing 737 aircraft belonging by Ukrainian air carriers.

KIEV, Aug. 16 - January through July, UkrTransNafta's oil-trunk pipelines shipped 28.798 million tons of oil, which was 10.7%, or 3.46 million tons, down year-over-year, the Fuel and Energy Ministry reported on Tuesday.