KIEV, Dec. 29 ??“ President-elect Viktor Yushchenko will seek to change the way Ukraine and Russia plan to boost natural gas supplies to Europe via a joint venture, an official said.

KIEV, Dec. 29 ??“ In 2005, the National Bank of Ukraine will pursue a monetary and credit policy appropriate to the economic processes currently underway in the state, and the inflation rate, as measured by the consumer price index, will be a priority guiding its monetary policy.

KIEV, Dec 30 - Turkmenistan will cut gas supplies to Russia on Friday for a week and will halt deliveries to Ukraine until a new contract is agreed upon, the Turkmen foreign ministry said in a statement issued from Ashkabat, the Turkmen capital, according to Agence France Presse.

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.

KYIV, Oct 28 – Prices for apartments in new buildings in Ukraine grow in October in almost all regions, most of all in Zakarpattia, Lviv and Chernivtsi regions, but slightly decrease in Kyiv city and the region, according to statistics from the LUN real estate portal.

KYIV, Oct 28 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects that if active hostilities with the Russian forces continue through the middle of 2024, the harvest of grain and leguminous crops in the country will decrease (under a pessimistic scenario with a blockade of its ports) to 51.5 million tons per 2023 (40% less compared to 2021), and to 52.5 million tons in 2024 (38.7% less).

KYIV, Oct 28 – The amount of funding Ukraine has received from international partners to cover the state budget deficit amounted to $23.12 billion between Feb. 24 and Oct. 26, the Ministry of Finance reported. The amount is 65% of the pledged assistance of $36.959 billion.

KYIV, Oct 30 - Russia resumed its blockade of Ukrainian ports on Sunday, cutting off urgently needed grain exports to hungry parts of the world in what U.S. President Joe Biden called a “really outrageous” act.

KYIV, Oct 28 – Ukraine’s economy will probably shrink 35.6% on the year in the fourth quarter, accelerating from 34.4% contraction recorded in the third quarter, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.