KIEV, March 25 – Ukraine will be positioned as "an open country," according to the strategy for positioning Ukraine abroad developed by order of the foreign ministry.

KIEV, March 28 - President Viktor Yanukovych, in his first comment after former President Leonid Kuchma was charged with involvement in the murder of a journalist in 2000, said the investigation is aimed at finding “answers.”

KIEV, March 26 – The Ukrainian economy is gradually emerging from crisis, according to Thanos Arvanitis, chief of the International Monetary Fund mission to Ukraine.

KIEV, March 26 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov views Russia's agreement to start negotiations on revising the conditions of natural gas supplies to Ukraine as an important result of his visit to Moscow.

KIEV, March 26 - Ukraine will incorporate high natural gas prices into the draft 2010 budget now that recent talks with Russia for lower prices have failed, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said.

KIEV, March 28 – Ukraine should consider joining Russia and Belarus in creating the Union State, an entity that may challenge the European Union, Volodymyr Semynozhenko, deputy prime minister for humanitarian issues, said Sunday.

BAKU, March 28 - Transportation of oil by the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) through the Odesa-Brody pipeline may become attractive if the company acquires a refinery in Ukraine, Azeri Industry and Energy Minister Natik Aliyev said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 28 ??“ Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has discussed with his Armenian counterpart Vartan Oskanian the state and prospects of developing bilateral ties.

KIEV, March 28 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, accompanied by a large delegation of ministers, will make another working visit to Donetsk region on Thursday, according to the press service of the government.

Yanukovych is scheduled to visit the Khartsyzsk pipe plant to familiarize himself with its production facilities and to attend the ceremonial opening of a new line for the production of electric-welded pipes at the plant.

KIEV, March 28 ??“ Internal Affairs Minister Vasyl Tsushko is apparently facing a dismissal following a series of unsolved contract killings in Ukraine, most recently the murder of Russian businessman Maksim Kurochkin on Tuesday.