KIEV, June 7 - Three pro-Western parties, which control a simple majority in Parliament, voted Wednesday to postpone sessions for a week after an ultimatum from one of the parties had nearly undermined a coalition agreement.

KIEV, June 6 ??“ Nearly 100,000 more tourists have arrived in Crimea at the beginning of the summer in comparison with the same period last year, Anatoliy Matvienko, chairman of the Crimean Autonomous Republic??™s Cabinet of Ministers said at a meeting on Friday.

KIEV, June 6 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday ordered the immediate start of an auction to sell a 93% stake in Kryvorizhstal, the country??™s largest steel maker.

KIEV, June 6 - Oleksandr Todiychuk, a key advocate of the concept of sending Caspian Sea oil supplies via Ukraine to Europe, was appointed to lead UkrTransNafta, the country??™s state oil pipeline company, a source at the company said Monday.

KIEV, June 6 ??“ Ukraine is pushing for construction of a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea to get access to huge Central Asian gas deposits, bypassing Russia, a newspaper reported Monday.

KIEV, June 7 - Russian oil giant TNK-BP plans to move at least 500,000 metric tons of crude oil via the Brody-to-Odessa oil pipeline route in June for exports by oil tankers via the Black Sea, TNK-BP's Ukrainian subsidiary said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 7 ??“ As of May 31 there were 18 million mobile communication subscribers in Ukraine, or 38% of the country's population. Compared to April 30, the number of subscribers grew by 8%, and since the beginning of the year by 30%.

KYIV, May 6 – Any attempt to restart power generation at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which remains under Russian occupation, must be regarded as an act of nuclear terrorism, according to Oleh Korikov, Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) and the country's Chief Inspector for Nuclear and Radiation Safety. Korikov made the statement during an online address to the International Nuclear Regulators Association (INRA) on May 5.

KYIV, May 6 – Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Matthias Cormann says that Ukraine has made significant progress in the fight against corruption.

KYIV, May 6 - A Ukrainian drone attack forced Moscow to close its airports for several hours, Russian officials said on Tuesday, before President Vladimir Putin will host several leaders to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, Reuters reported.