KIEV, Feb. 6 – Parliament will ratify an agreement on a free trade area between Ukraine and Canada in the coming weeks, Ukrainian Minister for Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv said.

KIEV, Feb. 6 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, on Thursday urged local governments and municipal utilities and gas distributors to quickly pay their natural gas debts.

KIEV, Feb 6 - An advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Washington on Thursday of financing and arming Ukrainian militants as a senior US official arrived for crisis talks in Kiev.

VILNIUS, Feb. 6 - A Ukrainian activist who left the country after he was abducted said Thursday his Russian-speaking captors cut off part of his ear and "crucified" him to force him to say he was an American spy.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 6 - The publication on YouTube of what appear to be two sensitive US and EU diplomatic conversations on Ukraine is designed to spoil relations between the allies, EU diplomatic sources say.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 5 – The issue of the possible postponement or cancellation of the upcoming EU-Ukraine summit hasn't been raised in Brussels, and neither has been the issue of banning entry to any Ukrainian officials been considered, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said on the eve of his trip to Ukraine on February 7-8.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – The Ukrainian government has completed almost all of the tasks on the agenda of the first stage of the EU-Ukraine Visa Liberalization Action Plan, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov aid.

KIEV, Feb. 7 - Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boyko have met at the Russian gas giant's head office in Moscow.

"The sides discussed issues of mutual interest," Gazprom said in a statement.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – Eleven rockets produced in Ukraine are scheduled to be launched in 2013, which is almost four times as many as in 2012, the State Space Agency of Ukraine said.

KIEV, Feb. 7 - The European Union warned Ukraine on Thursday time was running out to revive shelved deals on free trade and political association by meeting the bloc's concerns over selective justice and delayed reforms.