KIEV, Feb. 7 – President Viktor Yanukovych said he expects Ukraine will face many economic challenges this year and has urged lawmakers to show consolidation and understanding.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – Russia on Tuesday named three Ukrainian companies whose cheese imports are now banned, as Russian figures resumed calls for Kiev to stop European integration and to join a Moscow-led trade bloc instead.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – Ukraine will launch reforms in 21 areas by the end of 2011, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

At the closing meeting of Ukraine-Poland Economic Forum and conference of regional leaders of the two countries, President Yanukovych said that there is a need to change Ukraine's image and ensure stability in the country.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – Former Ukrainian Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn has said he will participate in the parliamentary elections in 2012 if he is asked to.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – Former President Viktor Yushchenko, after recently meeting the secretive governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Serhiy Arbuzov, said Monday that the man did not have experience to run the central bank.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – Vasyl Onopenko, the head of the Supreme Court whose home was searched by police on Thursday, said Monday he faced “psychological pressure,” but insisted he had no reason to step down.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, who probably won the presidency on Sunday, will not pursue a coalition with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a senior member of the Yanukovych campaign said.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Ukraine’s presidential election may plunge into a legal mess amid signs Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been hastily assembling a team of lawyers seeking to contest the results in courts.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Ukraine’s opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych defeated Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by a narrow margin Sunday to win the presidential election runoff, data from six independent exit polls suggest.

KIEV, Feb. 5 – The statement by presidential candidate and the leader of the Regions Party Viktor Yanukovych that he supports the building of the North Stream and South Stream pipelines is absolutely logical and clear to Ukrainian producers, according to a top member of the Regions Party.