KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ Ukraine may be opting to take a softer line in criticizing Azerbaijan for election fraud

KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ Five European banks have made final bids for a 51% stake in UkrSibbank, Ukraine??™s fifth biggest bank, in a private tender likely to fetch up to $350 mln, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 15 - Russia and Ukraine, after many months of delay, apparently agreed to go ahead with a natural gas pipeline project to boost capacity of gas transit system shipping gas to the European Union.

KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ National Security and Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh says the fight against HIV/AIDS in Ukraine will require twice as much money as is allocated in the 2006 draft budget.

KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ Ukrainian lawmakers, despite heavy opposition and vehement attacks from the Communist Party, on Tuesday approved in the first reading three important bills required for a quick accession to the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ As of early October over 24.5 mln Ukrainians used mobile communications services, which is almost 50% of the country's population, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KYIV, Oct 15 – France will be able to provide Ukraine with military assistance worth "over EUR 2 billion", and not EUR 3 billion as it was pledged earlier, due to a budget deficit, Defense Minister of France Sébastien Lecornu has said on Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct 15 - Officials in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region said Tuesday a Russian missile attack killed at least one person and injured 16 others.

Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim said on Telegram the attack damaged an infrastructure facility, restaurant and shopping areas, as well as residential buildings, VOA reported.

KYIV, Oct 13 – Investor interest in Ukraine will greatly depend on security guarantees: the country’s membership in NATO will increase it three to ten times, said Deputy Head of the President's Office, Rostyslav Shurma, at the Kyiv International Economic Forum on Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 13 – The G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors declared full financial support for Ukraine, as well as a commitment to keep Russia's assets frozen until it compensates for the damage to Ukraine as a result of an "illegal, unjustifiable and unprovoked war of aggression," the European Council website reported on Thursday evening.