KIEV, Dec. 7 – The opposition Batkivshchyna party on Wednesday suddenly reshuffled its leadership in Parliament following a failed attempt to negotiate with pro-government groups the release of jailed party leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - Ukraine paid for less than half of its November Russian natural gas supplies, delaying the rest of the payment after Gazprom extended the deadline by three weeks, Naftogaz Ukrayiny reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – Concerns over the rule of law in Ukraine were raised to new levels Wednesday after a court decided to visit Yulia Tymoshenko in jail to make a ruling on new charges pursued by the authorities.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – The cancellation of a number of benefits granted to people's deputies has been proposed in the draft national budget for 2012, Oleksandr Yefremov, head of the pro-government Regions Party parliamentary faction, said during a briefing in the lobby of the Verkhovna Rada.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has called on the Ukrainian business to invest in his republic.

"I say that the doors are opened, and we'll welcome the arrival of Ukrainian business," he said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - President Viktor Yanukovych has instructed Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee to clarify the situation with tax-free oil imports to the country, AMC acting head Yuriy Kravchenko has reported.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has recommended that EUROCONTROL, the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation, exclude Ukraine from the list of countries participating in the organization.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – Ukraine on Tuesday joined China and 17 other countries that have declined to attend this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Nobel officials said Tuesday.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - President Viktor Yushchenko warned there was a threat that Russian gas giant Gazprom may eventually acquire Ukraine’s natural gas pipelines in a debt-for-assets transaction, and said the government was doing little to prevent the scenario.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych on Monday called on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to stop aggressive rhetoric and work towards reconciliation of political elites after the presidential election next month.