Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the press service of the Defense Ministry.

The prime minister said that many politicians are trying to discredit work of the Cabinet of Ministers playing on the topic of the gas payments.

Presidential press secretary Iryna Vannikova said that on July 7, Yuschenko will take part in the meeting of this assembly, which will take place in Kyiv.

The NBU has provided banks with UAH 55,756.5 million of credits since the beginning of 2009.

If the parliament does not work on July 7-10, the coalition will use the terms of the regulations to initiate extraordinary sessions," Tomenko said.

In western Ukraine, partly cloudy weather, intermittent rain (in places at night), storm in places, hail in places, southern wind of 5-10 m/s and squalls of 15-20 m/s in places are expected. Temperature will stand at +11...+16 C at night

In Vilnius Yuschenko will participate in celebrations of 1000th anniversary of the state of Lithuania.

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the press service of the European Commission's delegation to Ukraine.

The association also said that the bank community and all Ukrainian citizens are the supporters of the Euro 2012 finals in Ukraine.

According to currency dealers for commercial banks, the hryvnia's exchange rate fluctuated within 7.74-7.78 UAH/USD at the start of the trading, then expanded to 7.74-7.80 UAH/USD, and narrowed to 7.72-7.77 UAH/USD by the end of the trading.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Ukraine imported 2.376 billion cubic metres of natural gas in May, including the volume of natural gas for underground gas storage facilities, for a total sum of USD 646.8 million.

During the previous trading day, the NBU had retained the hryvnia's official exchange rate that corresponds to the average rate at which transactions are concluded on the interbank currency market at 7.6377 UAH/USD for July 7.

He said this addressing the Austrian - Ukrainian Business Forum in Kyiv.

The forex market has shown signs of stabilization," he said.

According to currency dealers for commercial banks, the hryvnia's exchange rate fluctuated within 7.70-7.78 UAH/USD at the start of the trading, then narrowed to 7.72-7.76 UAH/USD, and then dropped to 7.68-7.71 UAH/USD.

In June 2009, consumer prices rose by 15%, compared to June 2008. As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in May, the inflation was 0.5% and 7.4% in January-May.

In western Ukraine, partly cloudy weather, rain, strong rain in places, storm, hail in places, southwestern wind of 7-12 m/s and squalls of 17-22 m/s in places are expected. Temperature will stand at +12...+17 C at night and at +18...+23

The president said that annually, Ukraine channels about USD 1 million for the financing of Chornobyl programs.

Washington Times photographer is freed without formal charges.

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