KIEV, Dec. 5 – The fact that Ukraine has received the right to supply eggs, egg products, birds, and poultry to the European Union is an important victory for the country, Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko said.

KIEV, Dec. 5 – The Ukrainian Justice Ministry is planning to file a cassation appeal against a decision by Kiev's Economic Court of Appeals upholding a decision on the payment by the Cabinet of Ministers of the debt of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation to the Russian Defense Ministry.

ASHGABAT, Dec. 5 – Ukraine should agree to individual provisions of the Customs Union agreement, or else it could lose a great deal economically, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Dec. 5 – Acting Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said he regrets that the government led by him did not manage to revise gas contracts with Russia.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – It’s official: Ukraine will see the year out without a renewal of its $15 billion Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund.

A visit of the IMF mission to Ukraine has been rescheduled for the second half of January at Kiev's request, according to IMF Resident Representative in Kiev Max Alier.

KIEV, Nov. 6 - President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday that he will probably nominate the next prime minister before Sunday to give newly elected lawmakers time to prepare for the vote to approve the candidate.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – Outgoing lawmakers without debate and at their last session Thursday voted to approve a 2013 budget draft that significantly expands Ukraine’s deficit and predicts the economy will be growing robustly next year.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – Ukraine agreed to surrender control over its natural gas pipelines to Russia’s Gazprom in exchange for lower gas prices, and this agreement may be signed later this week, a lawmaker said Tuesday citing a source.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – Talks between the opposition Batkivshchyna party and pro-government groups aimed at a compromise for releasing jailed party leader Yulia Tymoshenko collapsed Tuesday, triggering a standoff in Parliament and briefly blocking its operation.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – The creation of joint ventures between Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Russia's OJSC Gazprom should be considered in the context of cooperation in the gas supply and transit sector, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.