KIEV, June 15 – Talks are continuing on freeing from capture by Somali pirates the Ariana, Marathon and Hansa Stavanger ships, which have Ukrainian sailors onboard, Foreign Ministry spokesman Vasyl Kyrylych said on Monday.

KIEV, June 17 – The profit of Ukrainian enterprises from the production and use of coal deposit gas (methane) will be exempted from taxation from Jan. 1, 2010 through Jan. 1, 2020.

KIEV, June 17 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko predicts that the hryvnia will become stable due the growth in the output of steel and steel products.

"The output of steel and finished steel products gave us growth of 7.2% in May compared to April [according to the State Statistics Committee], which gives us hope for the stabilization of currency markets in Ukraine.

KIEV, June 17 - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Tuesday he would try to persuade all NATO members to back the idea of extending to Ukraine a Membership Action Plan (MAP), a step to joining the military alliance, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 17 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday heavily criticized Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s anti-inflation measures and warned that lack of coherent policy may start to undermine the country’s economic growth.

KIEV, June 17 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday urged the National Bank of Ukraine to keep the hryvnia within a specified currency trading band, almost a month after such a policy had been de-facto abolished.

KIEV, June 15 - Ferrexpo AG, Ukraine's major producer and exporter of iron ore, raised $420 million by selling 12% of its shares through an IPO at the London Stock Exchange, the company said Friday.

KIEV, June 15 - A group of pro-government lawmakers on Saturday appealed to the Constitutional Court seeking cancellation of President Viktor Yushchenko's decree scheduling early elections on Sept. 30.

KYIV, May 14 – The EU Council has finally approved the extension for 12 months through June 2025 of the tariff-free trade regime for Ukraine for an additional, mainly concerning agricultural products, reported Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko.

KYIV, May 14 – The approval of the Ukraine Plan by the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union on Tuesday means that EUR 1.9 billion will soon flow into the state budget under the EU Ukraine Facility for 2024-2027, the Ministry of Finance reported.