KIEV, Dec. 29 – Protesters lifted their blockade of government offices Wednesday after receiving assurances that Viktor Yanukovych, the controversial Prime Minister, will not enter the building for at least two days.

KIEV, Dec. 29 – Viktor Yushchenko, the liberal opposition leader who won the Sunday presidential election, within weeks plans a dramatic overhaul of political decision making along with creation of a new government, sources and analysts said.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – To be effective, the anti-crisis draft laws should contain measures to tackle the deficit of Ukraine's balance of foreign trade, according to former First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, head of the parliamentary finance committee and one of the leaders of the Regions Party.

KIEV, Oct. 30 – Volodymyr Stelmakh, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, has come under fire from Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday for allowing the hryvnia to lose value rapidly over the past four weeks.

KIEV, Oct. 30 – The hryvnia recovered against the U.S. dollar Thursday after a massive intervention by the National Bank of Ukraine, marking a shift in its strategy towards aggressive defense of the national currency from its slump.

KIEV, Oct. 30 - There will be no sharp surges in the hryvnia exchange rate in Ukraine, as the National Bank of Ukraine has enough currency reserves to ensure its stability, according to First Deputy NBU Chairman Anatoliy Shapovalov.

KIEV, Oct. 30 - First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov has ordered a Ukrainian delegation to World Trade Organization talks with Kyrgyzstan in Geneva, to agree to the bilateral conditions set by Kyrgyzstan, the only country that has yet to sign a WTO pact with Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 30 – The Kremlin is concerned about the recent change of top management at Ukraine’s largest oil refinery, which it believes hurts Russian business and government interests, a newswire reported Tuesday citing a source.

KIEV, Oct. 30 – The official website of the President of Ukraine was shut down on Tuesday apparently due to a well-coordinated cyberspace attack, mostly from Russia, that had persisted for three days.

VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 30 - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Ukraine wants to be a transit route for Russian gas toward Europe but seeks energy independence.