KIEV, March 28 ??“ Tensions between political groups have been building up on Wednesday amid speculations that President Viktor Yushchenko has been preparing to sign a decree to dismiss Parliament.

KIEV, March 28 ??“ Ukraine will seek to resume direct imports of natural gas from Turkmenistan starting from July following a suspension of gas supplies since the year??™s beginning

KIEV, March 28 ??“ Azerbaijan will seek to join a project of building a pipeline that would move Central Asian and Middle Eastern natural gas to Europe bypassing Russia, an Azeri official said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 28 ??“ A group loyal to former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has been emerging as the winner of election to local Parliament in Crimea, Ukraine??™s autonomous region, that may potentially strain relations with Kiev.

KIEV, March 28 ??“ Parties, two days after general election in Ukraine, have been increasingly drifting towards a coalition that would re-create an alliance that had helped Viktor Yushchenko to win the presidency in December 2004.

KIEV, March 28 ??“ Ukraine??™s power export plunged 16.7% on the year in the first two months of the year due to suspended supplies of power to Russia, the Energy and Fuel Ministry said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 26 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko Saturday downplayed the recent unauthorized landing of Russian marines on Ukrainian territory despite concerns expressed by the defense and by the foreign ministers.

KIEV, March 26 ??“ Russia??™s intelligence service may have played a role in the illegal transfer of nuclear-capable cruise missiles from Ukraine to Iran and China in 2001, a newspaper reported Saturday, citing Ukrainian security service sources.

KIEV, March 25 ??“ Parliament overwhelmingly approved the government??™s 2005 budget amendments Friday, opening way for dramatic economic reforms aimed at fighting corruption and boosting economic expansion this year.

KYIV, Feb 28 – The overwhelming majority (84%) of Ukrainian citizens support the entry of the Ukrainian state into the European Union, according to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center from January 19 to January 25 and presented at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Wednesday.