KIEV, Jan. 10 ??“ Parliament voted to dismiss the government of Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov in a move that sharply aggravates political crisis in Ukraine less than three months before the general election.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 10 ??“ The European Union views the dismissal of the government of Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov as "part of the democratic process,??? a news agency reported Tuesday citing an EU official.

KIEV, Jan. 10 ??“ Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller said that the discussion of the energy security of Europe is impossible without Ukraine.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 10 ??“ The European Union will make efforts to complete visa facilitation and repatriation negotiations with Ukraine early in 2006, according to the Operational Program of the Council for 2006, which was submitted by the incoming Austrian and Finnish Presidencies.

KIEV, Jan. 10 ??“ Ukraine??™s real economic growth in the third quarter of 2005 was 1.2%, while in Q2 it was 3.2%, and in Q1 ??“ 5%, the State Statistics Committee reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 10 ??“ Fitch, an international credit rating agency, said its willingness to upgrade Ukraine??™s sovereign rating will be determined by political developments and progress on structural reforms in the country, the agency said.

KIEV, Jan. 10 - A plan aimed at the prevention and combating of bird flu has been developed and implemented in Ukraine following an outbreak of the disease in Turkey, Ukraine's Deputy Health Minister, chief sanitary doctor Serhiy Berezhnov said.

KYIV, Dec 9 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he’s open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine to guarantee the country’s security as part of a broad effort to end the almost three-year war with Russia.

BERLIN, Dec 8 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said a Russian invasion of Ukraine would trigger reprisals, the latest warning to President Vladimir Putin from Western leaders, though he declined to specify if halting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be part of any response, Bloomberg reported.

KYIV, Dec 8 – Most of the funding allocated for the Ukrainian defense sector is "wasted," while only 15% to 20% of the required amount of funds is allocated for armaments, despite the fact that the Defense Ministry received the largest budget for 30 years in 2021, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said.