KIEV, March 26 – Ukraine's government will rein in inflation within half a year and will guarantee that the inflation rate will not exceed the 10% figure envisaged by the 2008 state budget, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

"I would like to stress once more that in half a year, our government will deal with the shameful and ignominious phenomenon of inflation," Tymoshenko said at a government's meeting dedicated to her cabinet's performance over its first 100 days in office.