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.

KIEV, Oct. 30 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych further challenged President Viktor Yushchenko??™s pro-Western foreign policy by suggesting Monday that Russia may be able to continue to station its naval ships in Ukraine after 2017.

KIEV, Oct. 30 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Monday the government needs some 30 days to submit to Parliament bills that are required for Ukraine??™s accession to the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, Oct. 29 ??“ Ukraine, in bilateral talks with other countries, will push for retaining $1.4 bln in annual state subsidies for the agriculture sector after joining the World Trade Organization, a top official said Saturday.

KIEV, Oct. 29 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko is expected to meet Parliament??™s group leaders Monday seeking their ???urgent??? support for bills required for Ukraine??™s accession to the World Trade Organization by the end of the year.

KIEV, Oct. 28 - Kiev's Nadra Bank has finished placing $100 mln in three-year eurobonds at annual interest of 9.5%, a market source told Interfax-Ukraine, citing a statement by the issue's lead managers.

KIEV, Oct.28 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned a B2 long-term and a Not-Prime short-term global local currency deposit rating to TAS-Investbank of Ukraine, reads a Moody's announcement carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 27 - Oxford Economics has downgraded the forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth in 2021 to 4% from 4.4% in the July forecast, and the risks of further lockdowns and expectations of tightening fiscal and monetary policy led to a deterioration in the forecast for economic growth in 2022 from 4.2% to 3.5%.

KYIV, Aug 28 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the government will not consider the introduction of severe restrictive measures in the event of a second wave of coronavirus spread but will rely on adaptive quarantine and localization of disease outbreaks.