KIEV, April 5 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed law No. 4499-VI to create the 112 emergency phone system.

"According to the law, the system will be created to ensure that relevant profile departments take urgent measures to prevent or respond to emergencies.

KIEV, April 7 - Ukrainian authorities are deciding where former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is currently incarcerated, will receive health treatment, a senior official at the Prosecutor General’s Office said Saturday.

KIEV, April 7 - President Viktor Yanukovych ordered his government Friday to prevent hotels from charging exorbitant prices for fans attending the Euro 2012 soccer tournament.

KIEV, April 7 - Ukraine is ready to invest up to 790 million euros to acquire a 10% stake in the trans-Caspian gas pipeline project, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov’s press service reported Friday.

KHARKIV, April 8 – UEFA President Michel Platini said he is satisfied with the progress of the preparation of Kharkiv for hosting matches of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.

"I think that the situation in Kharkiv is good. Everything is under control," he told journalists in Kharkiv on Thursday.

KIEV, April 8 - Ukraine will increase imports of Russian natural gas in 2010 to 36.5 billion cubic meters, up 8.3% from the original plan, the energy and fuel ministry reported Thursday.

KIEV, April 8 – The Constitutional Court on Thursday announced its anticipated ruling allowing individual opposition lawmakers to join a governing coalition, leading to an immediate outcry from opposition groups.

KIEV, April 6 – The National Security and Defense Council should become an effective organ for coordinating the government's work in the field of defense and security, said President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, April 7 – Ukraine considers cooperation with Kazakhstan to be one of the priorities of its foreign policy in Eurasia, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

"We consider the strengthening and development of our relationship with Kazakhstan as one of the [most] promising directions of our foreign policy in the Eurasian zone," he said at a joint press conference with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana on Wednesday.

KIEV, April 6 – The average forecast of Ukraine's GDP growth in 2010 is 1.7%, the Economy Ministry reported, citing its evaluation summary of Ukrainian and international experts' projections as of April 2.