KIEV, Feb. 9 — A team of German and Canadian doctors is preparing to see Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in her prison on Monday as she suffers from “horrendous” pain, her daughter said Thursday.

The doctors, whose visit is being organized by the German and Canadian embassies, are currently clearing their arrival with the Ukrainian foreign ministry and prison authorities.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Vasyl Onopenko, the head of the Supreme Court, said Tuesday he will seek a meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych in order to stop a rising wave of attacks against his family members.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, under investigation for alleged abuse of power in 2009, will soon ask prosecutors again to allow her to visit Brussels next month to meet top European politicians.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has signed a decree on the formation of a coordinating center to implement an action plan for liberalizing the EU-Ukraine visa regime.

KIEV, Feb. 9 – Ukraine on Wednesday postponed indefinitely an amicable agreement with a consortium led by U.S. oil company Vanco Energy, further delaying development of massive oil and gas fields in the Black Sea.

KIEV, Feb. 9 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the losing presidential candidate, cancelled her one scheduled public appearance again on Tuesday as her legal team began hastily preparing lawsuits seeking to nullify voting by almost a million people.

KIEV, Feb. 9 - Ukraine had 2.9% inflation in January, the same as in January 2008 but up from 2.1% inflation in December, the State Statistics Committee said.

In annual terms (January-to-January), inflation came to 22.3%, the highest rate in Europe.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 – A mission from the International Monetary Fund led by IMF Division Chief Ceyla Pazarbasioglu has been holding discussions with the Ukrainian authorities regarding the first review of Ukraine's stand-by agreement with the fund.

KIEV, Feb. 9 – Ukraine is facing a budget deficit at 7% of gross domestic product in 2009, more than twice as much as originally forecast, President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday.

KIEV, Feb. 9 – President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday that Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s attempts to borrow $5 billion loan from Russia represent a “defective” and “faceless” government policy that may cripple the economy.