KIEV, May 17 ??“ The government has decided to sell some of the assets it purchased from the bankrupt Ukraina bank and transferred to Ukraine's Justice Ministry in 2003.

KIEV, May 17 ??“ Kiev Polytechnic, Ukraine??™s leading university, and Ukraine's State Agency for Investments and Innovations have signed agreement on creation of Kiev Polytechnic Research Park corporation.

KIEV, May 17 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko appointed one of his toughest managers to oversee developments in Crimea, Ukraine??™s autonomous republic, after pro-Russian groups had won control over local Parliament and had pledged further reshuffling.

KIEV, May 17 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, has been sharply lagging behind the schedule in building up winter gas reserves that may undermine its gas distribution business, a newspaper reported.

KIEV, May 16 ??“ Ukraine's trade unions plan to hold a demonstration May 24 against higher gas and energy tariffs for population in Kiev, Oleksandr Yurkin, the chairman of the Trade Union Federation, said.

KIEV, May 17 - Ukraine lodged a counter-claim against Romania with the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the issue of the delimitation of the continental shelf and exclusive economic zones in the Black Sea.

KIEV, May 16 - Ukraine's third-largest oil refinery, Kherson NaftoPererobka, controlled by Russian oil company Alliance Oil, delayed restart for at least two weeks after a scheduled two-week maintenance, a spokeswoman at the refinery said Monday.

KIEV, May 16 ??“ Telephone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov led to resumption of Russian oil supplies to Ukraine??™s largest oil refinery late last week, President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday.

KIEV, May 16 ??“ Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday unveiled a plan, which includes boosting fuel imports and building a giant oil refinery, to reduce heavy dependence on Russian oil companies.

KYIV, Apr 17 – Ukraine needs effective security guarantees even before it joins NATO, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address on April 15.