KIEV, Dec. 12 - Arseniy Yatseniuk, leader of the opposition Batkivshchyna party, said the European Union will be ready to provide Ukraine with financial assistance after the association agreement is signed.

MOSCOW, Dec. 12 - Moscow will support any decision Kiev might make regarding cooperation with the European Union or Russia, but at the present time Ukraine tends to opt for closer industrial cooperation with Russia, says Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.

KIEV, Dec. 12 - President Viktor Yanukovych intends to sign a deal on closer European Union ties, the bloc's top diplomat has said, after weeks of mass protests that have rattled the Eastern European country, CNN reported Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 10 – This year Ukrainian online users most often searched for video content online, as well as information about Euro 2012, according to the results of the Google ZeitGeist annual search query.

BANGALORE, Dec. 12 – Ukraine is interested in more active cooperation with India in the energy sector, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – President Viktor Yanukovych will make a visit to Moscow on December 18 only if there is the need to confirm results of certain agreements, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov said.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – A key vote to approve Mykola Azarov for a new term as prime minister was postponed on Wednesday after a brawl in Parliament showed the new strength of revitalized opposition groups.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – Parliament has obliged the state to buy nuclear fuel, and services for its production, storage and processing, under a procedure for purchasing from one bidder.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – Talks between Ukraine and Russia over lower natural gas prices suddenly collapsed on Monday, forcing Gazprom to postpone indefinitely an agreement it had earlier planned to sign before the end of the month.

KIEV, Dec. 10 – The government on Friday submitted to Parliament a draft 2011 budget that trims Ukraine’s budget deficit to 3% of GDP, partly reflecting lower spending on bureaucracy next year.