KIEV, Sept. 26 - President Viktor Yushchenko appointed Stanislav Stashevskiy, a moderate lawmaker, as the first deputy prime minister, replacing Anatoliy Kinakh on the post, a newspaper reported Monday citing a person familiar with development.

MOSCOW, Sept. 26 - Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko paid a surprise one-day visit to Moscow on Saturday for questioning by prosecutors after which the Russian law enforcement cancelled an international arrest warrant for her.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - The National Bank of Ukraine has allowed AsiaUniversalBank of Kyrgyzstan to open a Ukrainian-based office.

Kyiv, Sept. 26 - Aval Bank has raised a $50 mln loan from Austria's Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich, the Ukrainian bank said in an announcement carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 25 – Ukraine has the support of the United States in the reform of the energy sector, the integration of the Ukrainian and European power systems, as well as in the process of decarbonization of the Ukrainian energy, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko said following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

KYIV, Aug 25 – In order to become a full member of the European Union, Ukraine will have to work hard for 20 years, said Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid.

In an interview with European Truth, the politician stated that neither Ukraine, nor Georgia, nor Moldova still meet the requirements for membership in the European Union.

KYIV, Aug 25 – The government's decision to reduce the electricity tariff for households - a controversial issue – will not upset the International Monetary Fund (IMF) because there will be no fiscal risk in the budget, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – A total of 5,000 standards are to be drawn up and approved by 2020 to harmonize the Ukrainian standard system with the European one.

This is stipulated in the technical regulation system development strategy for the period until 2020 approved by cabinet resolution No. 844 of August 19.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Ukraine will be able to store a comfortable level of natural gas reserves even without supplies of Russian gas, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Wednesday.

The comments come in contrast with Demrchyshyn’s statements earlier this month that Ukraine will need to resume Russian gas imports in order to survive the winter.

MINSK, Aug. 26 - Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists, in a gesture to shore up a tenuous ceasefire, agreed on Wednesday to strive for an end to all truce violations from next Tuesday, the OSCE and rebel representatives said, Reuters reported.