"Ukraine will comply with all of its commitments envisaged by the protocol on joining the World Trade Organization, President Viktor Yushchenko said in a telephone conversation with WTO Director General Pascal Lamy." (Ukrainian Journal)

 "The Party of Regions will deny support to the WTO bills submitted by the BYUT faction without elaboration and implementation or appropriate measures to adapt Ukraine's agro-industrial complex to WTO conditions, the party MP Viktor Slauta stressed." (NRCU)

With Parliament not functioning, will Ukraine be able to enter into WTO as planned on May 16th? Have all the bills been voted on and passed in Parliament?

"Fitch Ratings revised Ukraine`s outlook to stable from positive, saying the country`s recent strong macroeconomic performance faces growing risks from accelerating inflation and a rising current account deficit, according to Thompson Financial. " (UNIAN)

"Ukraine drifted closer to the bottom of a global competitiveness index for 55 countries this year. According to international mass media, Ukraine`s rating slipped to 54 from 46 last year - beating just Venezuela - according to the index produced by the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD)." (UNIAN)