KIEV, Oct. 28 – The association agreement between Ukraine and the EU is intended, first and foremost, for Ukrainian citizens, said Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeir, head of the delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, adding, “We would like to complete this process."

KIEV, Oct. 29 - Ukraine, pressed by the IMF to enact unpopular reforms, is likely to seek a compromise on some of the Fund's tougher demands in a bid to retain political capital ahead of parliamentary elections next year, Reuters reported, citing analysts.

KIEV, Oct. 30 — Ukrainian authorities say they are investigating claims that jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was involved in a contract-style murder, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – Declines in business activity on the office market in Kiev could lead to a decrease in rent rates, Radomir Tsurkan, the manager of the Ukrainian office of CB Richard Ellis international company, forecasts.

KREMENCHUK, Oct. 28 – The construction of an international rail passenger terminal in Kharkiv has been suspended due to the economic crisis, Southern Railways head Viktor Ostapchuk said.

He said that according to the schedule, the terminal's construction should have started in 2008.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – To be effective, the anti-crisis draft laws should contain measures to tackle the deficit of Ukraine's balance of foreign trade, according to former First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, head of the parliamentary finance committee and one of the leaders of the Regions Party.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – The safety standards at reactor two at the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant are in line with the standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the national nuclear generating company EnergoAtom reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Russia's OAO Globalstroy-Engineering (earlier Lukoil-Neftegazstroy), the largest Russian constructor of oil and gas infrastructure, is likely to become chief constructor of a suspension polyvinylchloride plant at Karpatnaftokhim Ltd. (Kalush in Ivano-Frankivsk region), which is under control of Lukoil -Neftekhim.

LVIV, Oct. 29 – Lviv city council announced it is in talks with Austria's Raiffeisen Investment AG on cooperation in drawing up designs for a new heat supply scheme in the city and selecting investors to build it.

KIEV, Oct. 30 - Ukraine pledged to liberalize domestic natural gas prices before the end of 2011 in exchange for $16.5 billion loan from International Monetary Fund to help the country avoid economic recession.