KIEV, July 10 – With opposition groups crying foul, Parliament’s ruling coalition secured approval of a law on Saturday that will govern local elections on October 31.

KIEV, July 9 – Parliament has adopted a law providing for carrying out measures on preparations for hosting finals of the Euro 2012 European football championship in Ukraine.

ODESSA, July 11 - Hundreds of protesters picketed the local government building in Odessa on Wednesday when local officials hosted a roundtable to discuss Ukraine's integration with NATO, a newswire reported.

KIEV, July 10 - Ukraine might significantly increase its role in Europe through its energy activities, said Anne-Marie Lizin, president of the Belgian Senate and special representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

WARSAW, July 10 - Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko have discussed a project to pump Caspian oil across Ukraine, Kaczynski told a joint press conference.

KIEV, July 10 ??“ Euratom, the European atomic agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development confirmed readiness to start lending for upgrading recently finished nuclear power reactors at Khmelnytskiy and Rivne nuclear plants.

KIEV, July 11 - Kazakhstan's ambassador to Ukraine pledged support to Ukraine's effort to join WTO, but preferred Ukraine staying within CIS, the diplomat said in the interview with Delo newspaper on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 11 - Ukraine's parliament, all but shut down during three months of fruitless coalition talks, plunged into chaos on Tuesday with backers of the "Orange Revolution" storming the rostrum and sounding sirens to halt debate, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 11 - Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of Ukraine??™s Regions Party, a pro-Russian group, was Tuesday officially nominated for the post of the prime minister, the press service of Parliament reported.

KIEV, July 11 ??“ Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the largest pro-Western group in Parliament, said Tuesday her party will join forces with Our Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko??™s party, in the event of early election.