KIEV, Jan. 27 – The National Bank of Ukraine has made the Ukrainian cabinet responsible for the further development of the situation at Kiev-based Nadra Bank, according to an open letter of the NBU to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, which is posted on the Web site of the central bank.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – “We were honest in this incident and the truth remains on our side," Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said of his country;’s gas dispute with Russia to the British newspaper the Financial Times in Brussels.

KIEV, Jan. 28 – The attempts to dismiss Volodymyr Stelmakh, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, cost the bank $450 million in unnecessary interventions to support the local currency, a senior official said Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - Ukraine’s security service SBU on Wednesday warned the government against illegal confiscation of $4.5 billion worth of natural gas owned by gas trader RosUkrEnergo and stored the country’s underground gas tanks.

KIEV, Jan. 28 – Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk, who has apparently warned the government about a looming economic doomsday, is in a hospital with high blood pressure, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Monday the recent arrest in Moscow of Semion Mogilevich, the alleged leader of a criminal ring said to be tied to Russian gas-trading entity, indicates upcoming sweeping changes in natural gas trading between Ukraine and Russia.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Monday pushed for the construction of a new natural gas pipeline bypassing Russia and giving Ukraine and the European Union access to alternative gas deposits in Central Asia.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko threatened on Monday to run for the presidency next year if disagreements between President Viktor Yushchenko and her government continue to persist or worsen.

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ The rapid fall in temperature in Ukraine could damage or kill up to 1.5 million hectares of winter grain crops that are not sufficiently hardened due to the warm weather this winter, the Agriculture Ministry reported.

"According to specialists, with a rapid fall in temperature, insufficiently hardened plants could be significantly damaged or destroyed.

KREMENCHUK, Jan. 26 ??“ UkrTatNafta, Ukraine??™s largest oil refinery, may reduce gasoline output next year when it starts EUR 200 million modernization, Valeriy Asadchev, the head of the Poltava regional state administration, said.