KIEV, Oct. 28 - Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk on Tuesday held a meeting with U.S. Senator and Deputy U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman James Inhofe during which the two discussed energy security and the strengthening of military cooperation, the Ukrainian government's press service reported.

KIEV, Oct. 28 - President Petro Poroshenko talked on the phone with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, during which the two discussed the forming of a coalition at the new Ukrainian parliament and the provision of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 28 - Ukraine is unlikely to receive a second tranche of a $17-billion loan program from the International Monetary Fund this year as expected, Finance Minister Oleksandr Shlapak said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 28 - Ukraine on Tuesday condemned as "destructive and provocative" Russia's stance towards elections organized by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine next Sunday, saying Moscow's recognition of the vote could wreck chances of bringing peace, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 25 – Ukraine, Croatia and Hungary, with the participation of the European Commission, are to sign a memorandum on the establishment of the Adriatic gas corridor at an industrial conference in Kiev on November 4-5.

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Oct. 28 – Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara has said he is confident that his country's association with the EU will have a positive effect on everybody, including Russia.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – Vitaliy Klichko, the leader of the opposition Udar party, said Monday he had a “bad feeling" about whether the authorities would free jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and send her to Germany for medical treatment.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 25 – Former European Commission President Romano Prodi says that the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union should be signed if Ukraine holds fair and free parliamentary elections.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – Ukraine will not give up its course towards European integration after the parliamentary elections Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said.

"The EU is our way, I'm sure about this. Democratic standards are better there, and the market has more prospects for Ukrainian producers," Tyhypko, who is deputy leader of the governing Regions party, said in an interview with Izvestia newspaper.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – Ukraine's population as of September 1 amounted to 45.559 million people, a natural decrease of 100,764 compared to the beginning of the year, which was partially offset by a migration increase of 26,185, according to the State Statistics Service.