BERLIN, Sept. 26 – The intermediate price of gas for Ukraine of $385 per 1,000 cubic meters should not depend on customs duty set by the government of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan said.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 26 – The European Commission has said it expects the EU member states will fulfill a decision agreed by the European Council to facilitate reverse gas flows to Ukraine.

"The message from the Commission is very clear: We expect all member states to facilitate reverse flows as agreed by the European Council...

KIEV, Sept. 28 - President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he says gives him a chance to move Ukraine towards its dream of a place in Europe - but Russia's Vladimir Putin still holds cards that could thwart him, Reuters says.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – The Federation of Employers of Ukraine has addressed the Ukrainian president with strong criticism of the Sept. 22 National Bank of Ukraine resolution in which the central bank introduces currency restrictions.

MOSCOW, Sept 27 - Alexei Miller, head of Russia's top natural gas producer Gazprom, has warned of possible disruptions of Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine next winter, due to low volumes of the fuel in Ukrainian gas storage facilities, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 27 – UEFA President Michel Platini has said that Kiev’s Olympiysky National Sports Complex, which is at the last stage of reconstruction, will be ready to host the Euro 2012 European Football Championship finals.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 28 – Brussels has voiced concern in connection with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's trial and recalled that the basis for future relations is respect for democratic principles and the rule of law.

KIEV, Sept. 28 – President Viktor Yanukovych has submitted to Parliament a bill easing punishments for economic crimes.

Andriy Portnov, a presidential advisor on judicial matters, in a commentary on the president's initiative, said that the bill suggests abolishing imprisonment for economic crimes.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 — The United States and Ukraine signed a deal Monday to remove the former Soviet country's stockpile of weapons-grade uranium by early next year, the Associated Press reported.

WARSAW, Sept. 28 - A summit of European Union leaders in Warsaw on Thursday is to focus heavily on Ukraine, which has been negotiating free trade and association agreements with the EU, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.