PARIS, May 28 - President-elect Petro Poroshenko will attend the 70th anniversary of the World War Two "D-Day" landings in Normandy, his office said on Wednesday, potentially creating an opportunity for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

ST PETERSBURG, May 28 - Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergei Bubka launched his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday, the sixth candidate for world sport's most influential post, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 28 – Batkivshchyna, Ukraine’s largest opposition party, announced Tuesday it will hold a massive protest march in Donetsk, the stronghold of President Viktor Yanukovych, on May 31.

KIEV, May 28 – The natural gas contract between Ukraine and Russia is not the only item on the bilateral talks agenda, according to the Ukrainian cabinet.

KIEV, May 28 – Ukraine’s new constitutional amendments will ensure the president has strong powers and is elected by popular vote, Leonid Kravchuk, a former president and the chief of a body working on the draft, said.

KIEV, May 28 - President Viktor Yushchenko's top energy envoy on Thursday questioned the idea of building a Libyan oil refinery near Odessa without reversing the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline away from moving Russian crude oil.

KIEV, May 28 – The opposition Regions Party suspended talks with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko over constitutional amendments due to “various circumstances,” Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the Regions Party, said Thursday.

WARSAW, May 28 - The European Union will offer Ukraine an "ambitious partnership" in September during France's six-month tenure as E.U. president, AFP reported Wednesday, citing French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

TORONTO, May 28 - Pointing to Ukraine's emerging agriculture sector, steady economic growth and recent accession into the World Trade Organization, President Victor Yushchenko called on Canadian business leaders Wednesday to pump more investment into the country.

KIEV, May 28 – President Viktor Yushchenko has met with Manitoba Premier Gary Doer in Winnipeg and discussed interregional and trade and economic cooperation, cooperation in the agricultural sector, and Ukrainian-Canadian relations in the cultural sphere.