KIEV, April 12 – The first launch of the Cyclone-4 rocket from the Alcantara Space Center (Brazil) is scheduled for the end of 2014, said Yuriy Alekseyev, head of the State Space Agency.

KIEV, April 12 – A controversial session the Regions Party and its allies held outside Parliament earlier this month and which opposition groups called “unconstitutional“ was ruled to be valid by a court on Friday.

KIEV, April 14 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his government may lose a no-confidence vote on Friday amid signs the Communist Party may suddenly support the motion, two opposition leaders said Sunday.

KIEV, April 13 – Ukraine is planning to raise EUR 740 million at an international conference in Kiev on April 19 to attract funds for Chernobyl projects, such as completing the shelter facility and a new interim spent fuel storage facility (ISF-2) at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Emergencies Minister Viktor Baloha said.

KIEV, April 14 – Mykola Melnychenko, the former bodyguard who claims to have secretly recorded thousands of conversations in the office of former President Leonid Kuchma, may have cooperated with Russian spy agencies, Kuchma said Thursday.

KIEV, April 13 – Experts from the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) have noted Ukraine's success in the development of effective national mechanisms in the fight against corruption in 2010.

KIEV, April 13 – Ukraine plans to draw up a loan agreement on financing the construction of the third and fourth reactors at Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant as soon as possible, the country's prime minister said.

KIEV, April 13 – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy Serhiy Tyhypko believes that Ukraine's possible accession to the Customs Union will be profitable at the first stage, while Ukraine's membership of the EU is more profitable in the medium term.

STRASBURG, April 14 – Experts of the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) are currently in Kiev and studying the country's efforts in fighting corruption.

KIEV, April 14 – The Ukrainian government hopes to sign a new memorandum of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund within two weeks, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said while opening a government meeting on Wednesday.