KIEV, July 14 – In a move that may drastically increase powers of the president, President Viktor Yanukovych’s allies filed a petition to the Constitutional Court seeking to revoke the 2004 amendments to the constitution.

KIEV, July 13 – Russia should not interpret the participation of eastern European states in the Eastern Partnership project as a partnership of these states against it, Chairman of the Defense Committee of the European Security and Defense Assembly Robert Walter stated at an international parliamentary conference on European security in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, July 13 – Budget funds for the state target program on preparations for the Euro 2012 European Championship are being spent on facilities and programs that have nothing to do with the championship, the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper reported, referring to informed sources.

KIEV, July 14 – Ukraine could receive up to $2 billion from the sale of quotas for greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, which could in turn be used to reform the country's housing and utilities sector, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.

She was speaking at a celebratory meeting dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Batkivschyna party in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 14 – Ukraine’s economy, badly hurt by global financial crisis, may start growing again next year, Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn said Tuesday, citing a forecast made by the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, July 14 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko personally ordered the inclusion of Viktor Lozynskiy as her party member ahead of general election in 2007, a former senior member of the Tymoshenko Bloc said Tuesday.

KIEV, July 14 – Political standoff between lawmakers left Parliament in a deadlock on Tuesday, increasing speculation that President Viktor Yushchenko may move to dismiss the legislature and call an early parliamentary election this year.

KIEV, July 13 ??“ Rinat Akhmetov, cited by Forbes as Ukraine??™s wealthiest businessman, will be summoned for questioning to criminal police on July 18, the Internal Affairs Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

KIEV, July 13 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, its subsidiary ChornomorNaftoGaz and Austria??™s OMV Exploration and Production GmbH signed an agreement Wednesday to join forces in exploring for crude oil offshore the Black Sea, Naftogaz said.

KIEV, July 13 ??“ Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday attacked Parliament leaders accusing them of sabotage last week when some of the government??™s urgent and key bills had been quietly tabled.