KIEV, Aug. 14 - President Viktor Yanukovych signed a law that seeks to encourage creation of industrial parks in Ukraine by removing duties on imports of materials and equipment needed for their construction.

KIEV, Aug. 14 - A Ukrainian court on Tuesday ordered the extradition of the suspected leader of a foiled plot to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, Interfax news agency reported.

KIEV, Aug. 14 – A Ukrainian court on Tuesday delayed the tax evasion and embezzlement trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko until September 11 after she refused to appear in court, citing poor health.

KIEV, Aug. 11 - Batkivschyna party leader and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is continuing to insist on combining a criminal case against her, which deals with the 2009 Ukrainian-Russian gas supply agreements, with the case against former chief of Energy Regional Customs Taras Shepitko and former head of the Ukrainian Customs Service Anatoliy Makarenko and the case against former Naftogaz First Deputy CEO Ihor Didenko.

SOCHI, Aug. 11 - Russia and Ukraine have to settle the border issue existing between them, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

"We need also to think about definitively settling the state border issue. We have a lot of subjects for a conversation. Therefore, I believe this conversation should be sincere, open, and friendly, just as it has always been between us," Medvedev said at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Sochi on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 11 – A mission from the International Monetary Fund will visit Ukraine from August 29 through September 9, the IMF Resident Representative Office in Ukraine has announced.

KIEV, Aug. 14 – Imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko’s campaign has opened a Facebook account to coordinate actions among protesters for overthrowing the “criminal regime” of President Viktor Yanukovych, Tymoshenko’s party said in a statement.

DNIPROPETROVSK, Aug. 13 - Some of Ukraine's biggest steel mills have sent a letter to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, expressing their concern over a drop in demand for steel in the world markets.

Deputy Industrial Policy Minister Volodomyr Severnyuk said at a meeting of steel industry bosses in Dnipropetrovsk that the Illich, Azovstal, Zaporizhstal, Alchevsk and Makiyivka steel mills had signed the letter.

KIEV, Aug. 14 – Ukraine’s top military official on Thursday asked the government to double spending on defense in the wake of last week’s massive invasion of Russian troops in Georgia.

KIEV, Aug. 14 – Ukraine’s defense forces will make sure that Russian battleships comply with recent decrees by President Viktor Yushchenko restricting movements of Russia’s navy, Serhiy Kyrychenko, the chief of staff, said Thursday.