Trading on the interbank currency market closed at UAH 8.0840-8.1065/USD 1 on Friday.According toInterBusinessConsulting Company, trading in euro and the Russian rubleclosed at UAH 12.0210-12.0585/EUR 1 and UAH 0.275-0.276/RUR 1respectively. The market closed at UAH 8.1025-8.1240/USD 1, UAH12.0720-12.1060/EUR 1 and

Ukraine's relations with the European Unionhave reached a new level of quality over the past four years, UkrainianPresident Viktor Yushchenko said in an interview with Belgiannewspapers La Libre Belgique and De Standaard.Yushchenko exemplified thetalks on the association agreement with the

RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's policy should be more global, and notfocus solely on the West, former president Leonid Kuchma said onThursday.During a Moscow-Kiev-Chisinau-Tbilisi satellite link-up, he said there was no alternative to "a multi-vector policy.""If somebody denies this, consider what

Even under conditions of the financial crisisUkraine remains rather attractive for U.S. investments, EconomyMinister Bohdan Danylyshyn told in an interview in Washington, wherethe minister is on a visit participating in a meeting of theUkrainian-U.S. Council for Trade and Investments."We set

Oppositional Party of Regions' leader ViktorYanukovych is planning to present his Ukraine for People electionprogram during the party's congress on October 23, NRCU reported.Yanukovych told a newsbriefing on Thursday that his election program would be based on theresults of his

The possibility of a Ukrainian radar facility being used as part of aU.S. missile defense system is being considered, Ukraine's ambassadorto the United States said on Thursday, according to RIA Novosti. Oleh Shamshur told a briefing in Kiev that the

As a bottom line of Ukraine -EU summit, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenkohopes to sign a document, which wouldgive an analysis of the done work at the negotiations on Agreement onassociation."The summit has to be effective. Without any hesitation there

Reuters) - Oil supplies to Europe viathe Druzhba pipeline, halted after a power outage in Ukraine,were restored late on Wednesday, Russian and Ukrainian officialssaid on Thursday. "We restored crude shipments on Wednesday at 2200 (1800GMT)," said Igor Dyomin, spokesman for

The World Bank on Thursday improved its bleak outlook for Ukraine's struggling economy on signs of a global recovery, predicting that it will grow 2.5 percent in 2010 after contracting by 15 percent this year.The growth will be driven by