KIEV, July 10 – Ukrainian authorities raised concerns over the activity of a former Crimean president who has launched attempts to kick start a separatist movement in Crimea after spending 16 years in exile in Moscow.

KIEV, July 10 – A U.S. oil company Vanco Energy-led joint venture said Thursday it had postponed for a week a lawsuit against Ukraine for breaking an agreement for development of a major offshore oil and gas field.

KIEV, July 10 – President Viktor Yushchenko, citing the government’s “understated” 2008 inflation forecast, on Thursday submitted his own amendments to the budget, causing an outcry among political groups questioning the unity of the pro-government coalition.

KIEV, July 10 – Andriy Strizhak, a Constitutional Court judge thought to be loyal to President Viktor Yushchenko, has been elected the court’s chairman, the court reported Tuesday.

KIEV, July 10 – Ukraine will press for an increase in the rent it charges Russia for stationing of its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea after revising up some of the costs, President Viktor Yushchenko said.

GENEVA, July 10 - Ukraine's planned expansion of a shipping canal in the Danube Delta will endanger local wildlife by destroying the habitats of birds and fish, a U.N. panel said Monday, according to a report by The Associated Press.

KIEV, July 10 - The United States launched a $1 million program on Monday to help upgrade energy infrastructure in Ukraine apparently designed to help the country reduce its rampant natural gas consumption.

MOSCOW, July 10 - A Tu-134 plane carrying Russia's naval chief crash-landed in Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula on Monday, a news agency reported. No one was killed, but several naval officers suffered burns, it said.

KIEV, July 10 ??“ Pro-Russian and pro-Western groups called their supporters for a rally in front of Parliament on Tuesday to put pressure on their opponents amid signs the legislature had been plunging deeper into crisis.

KIEV, July 10 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko??™s party, Our Ukraine, voted overwhelmingly on Monday to begin preparation for an early Parliamentary election amid growing disagreement with the pro-Russian coalition that had been created last week.