KALUSH (Ivano-Frankivsk region), Nov. 11 - President Viktor Yanukovych has said that the environmental situation in Kalush district in Ivano-Frankivsk region is extremely dissatisfactory.

KIEV, Nov. 11 – President Viktor Yushchenko is guided by personal interests while insisting on calling early elections to Parliament, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was quoted as saying in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve.

KIEV, Nov. 11 - Ukraine plans to strengthen its marine and anti-aircraft forces in Crimea amid speculation that Russia has been seeking to undermine stability in the mostly Russian ethnic region, a news agency reported.

KIEV, Nov. 11 – Russian gas giant Gazprom has agreed to supply at least 55 billion cubic meters of gas to Ukraine in 2009, just enough to meet the country’s annual demand for the fuel.

KIEV, Nov. 11 – Arseniy Yatseniuk, the speaker of Parliament and an ally of President Viktor Yushchenko, on Tuesday survived a surprise vote of no confidence initiated by opposition groups.

KIEV, Nov. 10 – The government and the National Bank of Ukraine expect the financial recovery of Prominvestbank to be effected within a month with the aid of a private investor that recently bought a controlling stake from the previous owners, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 9 – Ukraine’s main political parties agreed to join an important meeting Monday to kick-start the work of the new Parliament following the Sept. 30 snap election as a deadline imposed by the constitution looms.

KIEV, Nov. 11 – A huge amount of fuel was spilled off the Ukrainian port of Kerch on Sunday after a severe storm broke a Russian oil tanker in two pieces, officials said.

ZAGREB, Oct 11 – The total amount of commitments for assistance to Ukraine in humanitarian demining, which was confirmed on Wednesday by the participants of the first such special high-level International Donor Conference in Zagreb, amounts to almost EUR 500 million, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs of Croatia Davor Bozinovic has said.

KYIV, Oct 11 – Norway is joining forces with Sweden and Denmark to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine, the shells will be delivered in 2024.