KIEV, Nov. 6 ??“ Ukraine's foreign course for joining the European Union and NATO is irreversible, said President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - Ukrainian Communists marked the 89th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution amid a massive police presence in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, as their nationalist opponents demonstrated nearby.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is to discuss Russian-Ukrainian bilateral relations and the most relevant regional problems during his meetings in Kiev, where he arrived on Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 7 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday ruled out the option of canceling the controversial amendments to the constitution that shifted much of his power to the prime minister earlier this year.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 7 ??“ Ukrainian troops, which are to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year, may leave some of their army equipment to the Iraqi forces, Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko said Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 7 ??“ Transeuro Energy Corp., a small Canadian oil company, will seek to expand in Ukraine by investing in oil exploration and development projects off-shore the Black Sea, the Energy and Fuel Ministry said Monday. Hal Hemmerich, Transeuro President, met Energy and Fuel Minister Plachkov

KIEV, Nov. 7 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko may soon travel to Baku for oil and gas talks with his Azeri counterpart Ilkham Aliyev, who is facing a mounting international pressure over apparently undemocratic parliamentary election Sunday.

KIEV, Nov. 7 ??“ A protocol of intent regarding the sale of shares of Mriya Bank (Kiev) to the Vneshtorgbank (Moscow) has been signed, Mriya's supervisory board chairman Ihor Kononenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 7 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko has confirmed the composition of the Ukrainian part of the Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental commission, which was set up by agreement of the two countries' presidents on May 2005.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - President Viktor Yushchenko said claims that Ukraine is not ready to join the World Trade Organization indicate a lack of trust in the country's potential.