ASHGABAT, Sept. 15 – Ukraine wants to resume direct supplies of gas from Turkmenistan and hopes that upcoming talks on this issue will be successful, said Bohdan Sokolovsky, the Ukrainian president's commissioner for international energy security.

KIEV, Sept. 15 – Parliament must within one month approve new bills to govern the next presidential election to avoid complications that may disrupt the vote, a top official at President Viktor Yushchenko’s office said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Sept. 15 – The gas agreements between Russia and Ukraine may be partially revised soon, Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 15 - Ukraine's government will explore chances for the early repayment of a debt of $1.3 billion to Russia as part of a plan to revise the rent the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which is based in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, is charged for the use of Ukrainian facilities, Ukraine's foreign minister said on Sept. 13.

KIEV, Sept. 15 – Ukraine’s budget deficit in 2009 is suggested at an economically sound level of 1.37% of the gross domestic product, according to a draft budget submitted by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s government Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 15 – The National Bank of Ukraine on Monday pledged to defend the hryvnia within a wider band in 2009, letting the hryvnia appreciate or fall against the U.S. dollar by as much as 5%.

KIEV, Sept. 15 – Amid signs her attempts to form any coalition in Parliament has been producing little result, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told her lawmakers Monday to start preparing for early elections, a newspaper reported.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said its BB-/Stable/B foreign and BB/Stable/B local currency sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine would not be affected by President Viktor Yuschenko's decision to dismiss his government, the agency said in a press release carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 15 - Ukraine's budget deficit will increase to 1.9% of gross domestic product next year, up from 1.6% this year, according to a draft 2006 budget that has been submitted to Parliament Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 15 - From January through August, Ukraine trimmed oil transportation through its territory by 11% (4.211 million tons) against the same period in 2005, to 32.408 million tons.