KIEV, Nov. 16 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday vetoed a bill that had called for one billion hryvnias to be printed by the National Bank of Ukraine to fight the spreading flu epidemic.

CHISINAU, Nov. 14 - Russia and Ukraine should coordinate efforts in facing the global economic turmoil, given that enterprises in the two former Soviet republics were still economically linked, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday.

MOSCOW, Nov 14 - Russia will quit the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty if Ukraine and Georgia join NATO, Interfax reported on Friday citing a high-ranking military-diplomatic source in Moscow.

KIEV, Nov. 14 – Arseniy Yatseniuk, who was dismissed as parliamentary speaker on Wednesday, plans to create his own political party, a move that may allow him to run independently at upcoming snap election.

KIEV, Nov. 13 – President Viktor Yushchenko will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan in February-March 2009.

The arrangement was confirmed during Yushchenko's meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Thursday, according to the press service of the Ukrainian president.

KIEV, Nov. 14 - The creation of a single energy transit space of the Caspian, Black and Baltic seas "should be protected from any attempts of political or any other pressure," President Viktor Yushchenko told a meeting of the fourth Energy Summit in Baku on Friday.

BAKU, Nov. 14 – President Viktor Yushchenko said he is confident that Ukraine will have a prime minister late in the first half of 2009 who will be able to ensure the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline is used in its intended direction.

KIEV, Nov. 15 - Ukraine is interested in joint projects with Poland to upgrade the gas pipelines linking the two countries, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 16 ??“ Ukraine placed a $1 billion 10-year Eurobond on Thursday raising cash that will go to finance growing budget deficit this year after the government has failed to accelerate privatization.

KIEV, Nov. 16 - Ukraine will invite French energy companies to join a natural gas pipeline joint venture with Russia aimed at boosting natural gas supplies to the European Union, an official said Wednesday.