KIEV, Feb. 14 – Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Thursday failed to sign an agreement over gas supplies and the creation of two gas traders to replace a controversial intermediary, the Russian company reported.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – A new rift emerged between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday over a bill that regulates about $20 billion in annual spending by state companies and agencies.

MOSCOW, Feb. 14 – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threatened to target Ukraine with nuclear missiles should Kiev allow NATO bases on its soil following its planned accession to the alliance.

MOSCOW, Feb. 12 – Ukraine and Russia are planning to step up work on the program for Ukrainian-Russian cooperation in exploring and using space for peaceful purposes for 2007-2011, which was signed on May 31, 2001.

KIEV, Feb. 13 –Austrian specialists are to help Kiev prepare for the Euro 2012 football championship, according to Kiev City Administration.

Such a proposal was voiced at a meeting between the representatives of a Vienna mayor's office official delegation and Volodymyr Sadomov, deputy head of the Kiev municipal administration's department for sports, and head of the department for preparations for Euro 2012.

KIEV, Feb. 14 ??“ The hryvnia can become fully convertible only after the country's political and economical development course is stabilizes, Oleksandr Savchenko, a deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, said.

KIEV, Feb. 14 ??“ Russia for the first time ever will face natural gas shortages this year that may lead to reduction of gas supplies to Ukraine and possibly to a regional turmoil.

KIEV, Feb. 13 ??“ The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is asking Romanian officials not to make statements that could hinder the settlement of the issue on the status of Zmiiny Island, Acting Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko said at a press conference in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 13 ??“ A group of specialists of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has arrived in Kiev to study the possibilities for holding of the bank's annual meeting in Kiev in 2008, following an invitation from Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 14 - The Ukrainian economy expanded 0.9% on the year in January, suggesting the country has been successfully weathering a steep natural gas price hike, figures released Tuesday show.