The Economics Ministry will present specified macroeconomic estimates in May when the budget resolution for 2009 is to be drafted, First Deputy Minister Anatoliy Maksiuta said

Kriukov Car Building Works (Poltava region, Center Ukraine) and Gomel Car Repair Plant (Belarus) reached agreement on joint production of passenger railcars, the Kriukov works press service reported

National JSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) agreed on the location of the first oil well to be bored by the Ukrainian company in Egypt, the Naftogaz press service reported

Abolishment of antidumping measures for imports of the Ukrainian carbamide by the European Union was considered by the Economics Ministry as its victory too

Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko will offer the Government to return a status of the combat operation participants to Ukrainian peacekeepers serving with Ukraine's Interior Ministry International Police special unit of the UN Mission in Kosovo

The Cabinet of Ministers made a decision to sell 60%+1 share of the energy-generating companies DniproEnergo, CentrEnergo, ZakhidEnergo and DonbasEnergo in 2008

This decision by parliament can't be appealed because it has a political character and according to the law can't be appealed in the courts," she said. The Premier also noted that she expects full support from the Lytvyn Bloc regarding

The government took on this responsibility, and I personally during the elections, to bring order in the state. We're not wasting a single day in fulfilling this obligation. Order is being restored in the state every day," she stressed.She also

There is no sense in ruining the budget now, not having approved the government action program, not getting time from the government to implement the budget and the program," she said during a briefing on Thursday.Yulia Tymoshenko added that the

We will be running with different lists," she said. Tymoshenko also noted that the OU-PSD and BYuT joint policy on the mayoral and Kyiv city council elections will be developed during the week."We have at least a week to hold

The second demand to parliament and the coalition is that today, or tomorrow at the latest, deputies will lose their benefits," she said. In addition, Yulia Tymoshenko believes that political party conventions should take away deputy mandates from those parliamentarians

Yulia Tymoshenko also appealed to the democratic coalition in the Verkhovna Rada with the request that on Thursday they pass in whole the bill that annuls all deputy privileges. In addition, the Premier expressed her hope that other factions that

In particular, Ukraine and the USA will consider endorsement of the 2008 - 2009 action plan and a road map for bilateral cooperation in eight directions.

Faction leader Viktor Yanukovych said this today.

President Viktor Yushchenko chairs the meeting.

First Deputy Minister Anatoliy Maksiuta said this today.

He announced this at the parliament session today.

The parliamentary newspaper "Holos Ukrayiny" has published the Verkhovna Rada's resolution on holding early elections of Kyiv City Council deputies and chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration, which put the decision in force.

President Viktor Yushchenko made such a statement during today meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.