KIEV, Aug. 26 – A Ukrainian journalist missing for the past two weeks is probably dead, and police officers may have been involved in the matter, Interior Minister Anatoliy Mohyliov said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – Ukrainian and Russian Presidents Viktor Yanukovych and Dmitry Medvedev will meet in the town of Shostka in Sumy region on September 17 to discuss the St. Petersburg-Moscow-Kiev motor rally, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Russia’s Black Sea Fleet forces on Wednesday detained Ukrainian court officers in Sevastopol after the officers tried to enforce a court ruling that had ordered return of some navigation equipment to Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – Imports of coking coal in Ukraine grew by 36% year-over-year since early 2009 mainly due to supplies from Russia, and the position of domestic metal companies and Ukrkoks association bears scrutiny, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

MOSCOW, Aug. 25 - Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan hopes that Gazprom and Naftogaz can find a compromise in talks on a reduction in natural gas supplies to Ukraine in 2010.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The first stage of the restoration work in the flood-hit regions has been nearly completed, said Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko opening a temporary bridge over the Bystritsa River in Ivano-Frankivsk region.

KIEV, Aug 26 – Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the opposition Regions Party, said Tuesday that Ukraine should have followed Russia in recognizing two Georgia’s enclaves as independent states.

KIEV, Aug 26 – Ukraine joined the world’s major powers and NATO on Tuesday in condemning Russia for its unilateral decision to recognize Georgia’s separatist enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Interest rates on mortgage credits in hryvnias given by commercial banks through re-financing by the State Mortgage Institution, could by 2009 fall to 10%, while at present they are around 12%, according to the head of the State Mortgage Institution, Kirill Shevchenko.

KIEV, Aug. 24 - Honor guards marched across a main Kiev square, bells tolled and religious leaders led prayers for the country Friday as Ukraine marked the 16th anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union.