KIEV, March 29 – President Viktor Yanukovych has demanded that after March 31, when the quotas on grain exports expire, that a document be drafted to replace them, if necessary, with customs measures, said Iryna Akimova first deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration.

KIEV, March 29 – Ukraine will seek by early June to approve pension reform legislation raising the retirement age, the key demand from the International Monetary Fund, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Tuesday.

SINGAPORE, March 29 - President Viktor Yanukovych has called on Singaporean businessmen to invest in Crimea.

Speaking at a Singaporean-Ukrainian business forum in Singapore on Tuesday, he said that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was one of the most investment attractive regions in Ukraine.

SINGAPORE, March 29 – The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product in 2011 could be among the best on the continent, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych told businessmen in Singapore.

KIEV, March 29 – The Thai army command is to buy 200 Oplot main battle tanks from Ukraine, the Thai Bangkok Post has reported.

The value of the potential deal is estimated at about $230 million. Tank procurement is part of a 10-year package of weapons purchases the government recently approved for the army, reads the newspaper.

KIEV, March 26 – Ukraine will seek to extend cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for two more years after the $16.4 billion two-year Stand-by loan program ends in November, a senior official said.

KIEV, March 29 – Ukrainian police beefed up security at the Kiev subway system on Monday hours after the double suicide bombing in Moscow had killed 38 and injured at least 65 people.

“When first reports of the explosions in Moscow subway had come out, the Kiev police have decided to strengthen security at the subway,” a police officer said.

KIEV, March 29 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday denied allegations that his party has been offering $1 million to each Constitutional Court judge for upholding a ruling that would recognize the governing coalition as legitimate.

KIEV, March 29 – Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn on Monday criticized calls for Ukraine to join the union with Russia and Belarus, adding the government must work to strengthen the country’s independence.

KIEV, March 29 – President Viktor Yanukovych has set the task to improve the quality of motor roads in the country to enable travelers cross Ukraine from west to east in 13 or 14 hours.