KIEV, March 9 – Parliament's committee on agricultural policy and land relations is checking reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is renting farmland in Ukraine, according to Radio Liberty.

KIEV, March 9 - Yuriy Boyko, Ukraine’s energy and coal industry minister, on Wednesday blamed the rising crude oil price on world markets and some unidentified gasoline importers for skyrocketing gasoline prices in the country.

KIEV, March 9 – Vasyl Onopenko, the head of the Supreme Court and the only senior official in Ukraine that is not affiliated with President Viktor Yanukovych’s party, will face a no-confidence vote on Friday.

KIEV, March 9 – Former President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday ended his two-week vacation and will seek to strengthen his party, Our Ukraine, ahead of likely local and national elections.

KIEV, March 9 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko led a massive nationalist rally in downtown Kiev on Tuesday, pledging to battle the government of President Viktor Yanukovych that she said “will not last long.”

KIEV, March 9 – Arseniy Yatseniuk, a popular politician, at a meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday, rejected the offer of a “high post” in the new government, and vowed to create an opposition Cabinet.

KIEV, March 5 – The decision to retain prices of natural gas for households, municipal heat suppliers and industrial companies in 2010 at last year's level was taken by the government in connection with the fact that there are sufficient amounts of gas in underground storage facilities – over 14 billion cubic meters, acting Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov said.

KIEV, March 5 - The National Bank of Ukraine's gross international reserves shrank by $2.362 billion, or 8.2%, to $26.459 billion in February.

In the first two months of 2009, the international reserves declined by $5.085 billion, or 16.1%. In 2008, the Ukrainian international reserves declined by $918.8 million, or 2.8%, the NBU said in a statement.

KIEV, March 9 - Ukraine's SBU security service does not have evidence showing that Naftogaz Ukrayiny has legally acquired 6.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas once owned by RosUkrEnergo, a top official at President Viktor Yushchenko's office said.

KIEV, March 9 – There was a growing opposition among political parties on Monday to anti-crisis measures suggested by the International Monetary Fund as a condition for resuming lending within Ukraine’s $16.4 billion standby loan.