KIEV, Aug. 6 - Six points in the Association Agreement with the EU are contrary to the Constitution of Ukraine, the deputy head of the governing Regions faction in Parliament, Oleh Tsariov, said in an interview with Forbes.ua.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Ukraine’s Regions Party has decided to nominate a few relatives of government officials for seats in Parliament.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Ignoring calls from politicians and warnings of confrontation from opposition groups, President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday signed controversial legislation that dramatically elevates the use of the Russian language in Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 8 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov believes that Ukraine will have a good harvest this year and next.

"We have threshed 31 million tons of wheat. This is an excellent result. I hope that the last days will stand serene, as we need to harvest grains from another one million hectares," he told reporters in the village of Pyrohove near Kiev on Saturday, where he attended the international ethnic festival "Harvest 2011."

KIEV, Aug. 8 - President Viktor Yanukovych will visit Sochi, Russia, on August 11 for talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, Yanukovych’s press service reported Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – About a thousand supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s tried to block Kiev’s main street on Monday, suspending traffic for 10 minutes before being brutally dispersed by riot police.

KIEV, Aug. 5 – First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev has instructed the central and regional authorities to strengthen fire prevention measures in the country, reads a statement posted on the official Web site of the Cabinet of Ministers on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – Additional requirements by the National Bank of Ukraine on capital increases should be applied to all banks that break the set requirements, irrespective of their size, according to the representative of the International Monetary Fund in Ukraine, Max Alier.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is sending extra troops to the Kharkiv region to reinforce firefighting effort at a military base that holds one of the largest stores of ammunition in the country.

The troops will surround the perimeter of the base, known as the arsenal No. 61, while two special helicopters capable of putting off massive fires will be deployed and patrol the area.

KIEV, Aug. 7 – The National Security and Defense Council at a meeting scheduled for September is to discuss the further development of the nuclear industrial sector, including problems of nuclear and radiation security, the presidential press service reported on Monday.