KIEV, April 13 - Ukraine and Russia will discuss natural gas prices at a meeting between officials from both governments on April 19 in Kiev, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Wednesday.

The announcement comes one day after Azarov and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin failed to make progress in talks over natural gas prices during Putin’s visit to Kiev.

KIEV, April 13 – Ukraine and a consortium led by private U.S. oil company Vanco Energy signed an amicable agreement allowing exploration of massive oil and gas fields offshore the Black Sea.

KIEV, April 13 – Ukrainian prosecutors scrambled on Wednesday to deny reports suggesting that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will be questioned in connection with a new probe opened against opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, April 11 – Ukraine is drawing up proposals for the International Atomic Energy Agency on improving this organization in the context of the protection of nuclear power plants, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova said.

KIEV, April 11 - MP Inna Bohoslovska, who chairs a provisional parliamentary investigative commission probing the signing of gas agreements with Russia, said ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko issued wrongful instructions to sign gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Russia's Gazprom in 2009.

KIEV, April 12 – The launch of the new Ukrainian Sich-2 Earth remote sensing satellite will occur in May or June, Yuriy Alekseyev, head of State Space Agency, told the press on Monday.

WASHINGTON, April 13 - President Viktor Yanukovych predicts his country will make at least UAH 10 billion in privatization proceeds.

"UAH 10 billion at minimum should be received from privatization this year," Yanukovych said during a working lunch with U.S. businessmen in Washington on Monday.

WASHINGTON, April 13 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday pressed his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev for lower natural gas prices, saying Ukraine has been growing increasingly “concerned” about the issue.

KIEV, April 13 – Police on Tuesday brutally attacked journalists at a newspaper that had published an investigative report on corruption among lawmakers, triggering protest action that disrupted traffic on a busy highway near Lviv.

KIEV, April 13 – Talks between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund on a program of cooperation will continue on April 24-25 when the IMF holds a semi-annual meeting in Washington, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said.