KIEV, April 10 - Investigators have blamed crew error for a plane crash in eastern Ukraine in February that killed five people, Xinhua reported.

KIEV, April 10 – Parliament will hold a no-confidence vote in the government of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov next week as part of a compromise between opposition and pro-government groups aimed at diffusing political crisis.

KIEV, April 10 – The International Monetary Fund will need additional consultation with Ukraine in the coming weeks to decide whether to provide a $15 billion standby loan to the country.

KIEV, April 9 - President Viktor Yanukovych insists on there being improvements made to Ukrainian legislation in terms of introducing a complete ban on the advertising of alcohol, tobacco, beer and soft drinks, including hidden advertising, the president's representative for children's rights, Yuriy Pavlenko, said at a press briefing on Monday.

KIEV, April 9 - Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers is proposing that national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy be permitted to buy without the application of tender procedures services associated with trading in natural gas.

KIEV, April 10 – The Justice Ministry has approved a special procedure to check whether candidates for state and local government posts have corporate interests.

KIEV, April 10 – A second Constitutional Court ruling in less than a week on Tuesday called for a second major change to the election law that will govern upcoming parliamentary elections in October.

KIEV, April 8 – Ukraine can be ready to cancel its moratorium on farmland sales by January 1, 2013, provided market mechanisms are set up.

"The realization of the said tasks should provide for the cancellation of the moratorium on farmland sales in Ukraine from January 1, 2013," reads an annual address of the head of state to Parliament.

KIEV, April 7 - Customs Union Commission Executive Secretary Sergei Glazyev described as "inept" claims by Ukrainian officials that Ukraine cannot join the Customs Union because of its membership of the World Trade Organization.

BRUSSELS, April 7 - Ukraine will not be able to hold talks with the European Union on the establishment of a free-trade area if it becomes a member of the Customs Union formed by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, EU Trade Spokesman John Clancy said on Thursday.