KIEV, Aug. 28 – International observers at the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine will have an opportunity to make sure that the election process will be held strictly according to the law and European standards, said Ivan Popesku, a member of the ruling Regions Party.

STRASBOURG, Aug. 28 - Lawyers for Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, appealed to Europe’s human rights court Tuesday as her only hope for a fair hearing, accusing the government of rigging the criminal case against her.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – The government’s failure to resume borrowing from the International Monetary Fund may put Ukraine in default early next year when the country has to repay massive debt, former President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – The next parliamentary election in October 2012 should be held under a new law, said President Viktor Yanukovych.

"Wide-ranging and systematic improvement of election legislation is one of the most important reform areas in Ukraine. A short-term target of this process is holding the parliamentary election in October 2012 under a new law that would eliminate the flaws of the current proportional parliamentary election system," Yanukovych said during a meeting to mark the Independence Day of Ukraine in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – Ukraine's future belongs in Europe, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

"In this climate of global uncertainty and competing geostrategic interests, the connections between Europe and Ukraine are all the more important. Ukraine needs Europe. Just as important, Europe cannot afford to leave Ukraine behind," Yanukovych wrote in an article for The Wall Street Journal published on the newspaper's Web site.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – The next visit of the International Monetary Fund's mission to Ukraine has been postponed until late October, whereas the Fund earlier scheduled it for August 29 through September 9, the IMF said in a statement posted on its Web site.

KIEV, Aug. 25 - Ukraine’s law enforcement authorities may open a criminal investigation against Oleksandr Turchynov, the closest ally of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, for leading an opposition march on Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – Mykola Siry, a lawyer for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has said that it is obvious from the materials of the Russian gas supply contract case that are being read out by Judge Rodion Kireyev that there is no crime in Tymoshenko's actions.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Pechersky District Court in Kiev has received a demand by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that criminal proceedings be launched against Ukraine's President and former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych for signing the gas supply agreements with Russia in 2007.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The authorities will press charges against Oleksadnr Turchynov, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s closest ally, opening a criminal case on Monday, Segodnia daily reported Saturday citing a senior police source.