MOSCOW, Jan. 14 - Russia's Gazprom giant on Wednesday urged the European Union to link up to its planned energy pipeline to Turkey or lose the gas that now transits Ukraine, AFP reported.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - A new round of peace talks on the conflict in Ukraine's east could be held in the next few days, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, even as Kiev called on the world to ostracize rebel forces over a deadly attack on a bus, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 14 - Europe shouldn't give up on Ukraine so long as it wants to "link up with the freedoms" seen in the European Union, according to the EU president.

Ukrainian protesters have taken to the streets of Kiev to protest a November decision by their government to suspend efforts to sign free trade and association agreements with the EU.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – Ukraine’s political crisis deepened on Tuesday after opposition groups blocked the work of Parliament, accusing President Viktor Yanukovych’s party of failing to meet demands from protesters.

KIEV, Jan. 11 – The Ukrainian militia could be reformed by 2015 into a national police force, which would ensure the fulfillment of main law enforcement functions, First Deputy Interior Minister Serhiy Chernykh said.

At a meeting of the parliamentary committee on legislative support for law enforcement activity, Chernykh spoke about the ministry's vision for reforming the country's law enforcement system.

KIEV, Jan. 11 - A mission of the International Monetary Fund will arrive in Kiev for talks with the authorities on January 24, newly appointed National Bank of Ukraine Governor Ihor Sorkin has said.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – Ihor Sorkin’s appointment as the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine was questioned on Monday after opposition groups reported that 22 pro-government lawmakers never attended the Parliament session on Friday at which he was approved.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, after failing twice to amend the presidential election law over the past two days, will seek to do it next week, after the presidential vote on Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 – The International Monetary Fund may resume lending to Ukraine after the presidential election in this country is over, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF managing director, said Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – In a sign of looming street protests, an undisclosed political group has purchased space in hotels around Kiev to accommodate thousands of people along with means of transportation, President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday.