President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek will pay an official visit to Ukraine on December 21-22, the Verkhovna Rada's press service has reported.

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has reorganized Ukraine's state gas company Naftogaz from a state company into a public joint-stock company, according to a government resolution.

The Alfa special police unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is fully prepared to participate in a naval operation on the protection of ships from pirates, SBU Chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has said.

The Ukrainian Credit-Banking Union Association forecasts that the mortgage market may be 15% down due to making amendments to some laws, the Association's press service informs.

A delegation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is studying experience of the Stasi archives in Berlin, SBU chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has said.

Ukraine-based JSC Sumy Frunze NPO has produced equipment for the Russian compressor stations 'Ivanovskaya' and 'Lukoyanovskaya' at USD 13 million for JSC Gazprom.

The Ukrainian government has managed to suspend a sharp fall in the Ukrainian economy amid the global crisis, receive certain positive changes at the macroeconomic level, as well as revive certain economic branches, Ukrainian Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn has said.

In keeping with reports of the International Monetary Fund, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu currently heading the IMF mission to Ukraine, in January will take the post of an assistant director of the money and capital market department, and will be in charge

During the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, a Ukrainian House will be working in Vancouver, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Ihor Ostash told a press conference in Lviv.

The United States Congress will consider a resolution calling on to further support Ukraine on its path toward political and economic development. The draft document is presented at the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House of Representatives,

A total of 3,185 pieces of equipment and 4,983 people were set free from snowdrifts on the roads in southern and eastern Ukraine December 16 through 18. First aid was provided to 533 people. No frostbite cases have been reported.

Kyiv police have arrested an influential mafia boss nicknamed among criminals as Ramaz Kutaisskiy, native of Georgia's Bagdadi.

Ukraine got a credit of trust from partners-investors thanks to laborious work of the government, Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn told an extended meeting at the Economy Ministry.

Ukraine reduced the production of oil and gas condensate by 6.2% in the first eleven months of 2009 year-over-year, to 3.7 million tons, while gas output grew by 1.1% to 19.413 billion cubic meters.

The Cabinet approved an increase of the state share in Ukrgasbank's authorized capital from 81.6% to 87.7%, the government's resolution of December 2, 2009 reads.

As of December 3, 2009, the Ukrainian farm producers have raised UAH 5.7 billion of credit resources (USD 1 - UAH 7.97), 36% of the attracted funds year-over-year, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy has reported.

The National Bank of Ukraine has bought almost USD 250 million from business banks on the interbank currency market lately, says Valeriy Lytvytskyi, chief of the group of advisers to the central bank governor.

Artem Koshevoy (Kyiv) and Yevhen Novosad (Dnipropetrovsk) will participate in the super-final of the Russian Billiards Open Cup Dynamic (pool) in Saint Petersburg.

The Agricultural Policy Ministry of Ukraine is initiating abolition of the demand for an obligatory origin country certificate among the package of documents to get a license on the import of raw sugar within the framework of the World Trade

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has ratified an agreement (in the form of an exchange of letters) between the governments of Ukraine and South Korea on amending an inter-governmental trade agreement of November 30, 1995.