KIEV, Feb. 11 – More lawmakers may lose their seats in Parliament, according to Yuriy Karmazin, a former lawmaker who filed lawsuits that had led to unseating of two MPs on Friday.

KIEV, Feb. 10 – The Independent International Expert Commission has prepared proposals for the new president of Ukraine regarding reforms in 2010.

The reform program "Proposals for Ukraine: 2010 – Time for Reform" was presented at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 11 – The European Commission has called on Ukraine to urgently return to cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.

"Regrettably, the overall reform process which is vital for Ukraine has significantly slowed.

KIEV, Feb. 11 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who lost Sunday’s presidential election to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, on Thursday refused to step down as her campaign continued seeking to challenge the vote.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – U.S. President Barack Obama, along with other world leaders, on Thursday called Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych to congratulate him with the victory at Sunday’s presidential election, his Regions Party announced.

KIEV, Feb. 10 – Experts from Ukrainian investment companies polled by Interfax-Ukraine have said that there is a high possibility of a delay in the issuing of the second tranche of the stand-by credit to Ukraine by the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – The need for additional capitalization at the largest Ukrainian banks, as determined after a diagnostic study, was less than forecast, according to Oleksandr Kireyev, the director for banking regulation and surveillance at the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – The discontinuation of credit cooperation between the International Monetary Fund and Ukraine is risky for Europe's economy, head of the National Bank of Ukraine Council Petro Poroshenko said at a press conference on Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – The National Bank of Ukraine will continue supporting the hryvnia exchange rate by smoothing out the interbank currency market, acting NBU head Anatoliy Shapovalov told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 11 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told western diplomats in Kiev on Wednesday that she will request the European Union evaluate the recent natural gas agreement between Ukraine and Russia.