MOSCOW, July 12 - Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller has discussed gas cooperation at a meeting with Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko, the Russian company reported in a statement.

KIEV, July 13 – Former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said that Ukraine should seize a unique opportunity provided by its political stability to carry out necessary reforms.

BRUSSELS, July 12 - The next round of talks in September on the creation of a free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union will be a “serious stage,” Ukrainian negotiator said Wednesday.

KIEV, July 12 – Ukraine will manage to reach pre-crisis levels of economic growth next year if the current pace of economic growth is maintained, former Economy Minister Viktor Suslov has said.

KIEV, July 13 – Yuriy Meshkov, a former Crimean president who recently made attempts to start a separatist movement in the autonomous republic, on Wednesday was detained by the SBU security service and deported from Ukraine.

KIEV, July 13 – German businessman and Cutmetall Ukraine founder Reinhard Maeder is to take Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to court concerning VAT non-reimbursement, Germany's Deutsche Welle radio has reported.

KIEV, July 13 – The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, the largest opposition group in Parliament, said Tuesday it will appeal to the Constitutional Court to revoke controversial legislation that restricts many parties ahead of October 31 local elections.

KIEV, July 12 – Talks on signing the EU-Ukraine association agreement, creating a free-trade area and introducing a visa-free regime between Ukraine and the European Union will be held dynamically, and their first results could be seen at an EU-Ukraine summit in November, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said.

KIEV, July 12 – BYT leader Yulia Tymoshenko has asked the Parliament commission investigating the adoption by the Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal of a ruling obliging Naftogaz to return 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas to RosUkrEnergo to invite President Viktor Yanukovych to a meeting to provide explanations.

KIEV, July 10 – The Ukrainian government has assumed the commitment to review gas prices for the population each quarter, and draft mechanisms of social protection for the least well off strata of citizens, International Monetary Fund Mission Chief in Ukraine Ceyla Pazarbasioglu said.