BERLIN, Nov. 5 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday there was no way Europe would give Russia any relief from economic sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis and separatist leaders appointed after Sunday's election could also be added to sanction lists, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 5 - Ukraine will import Russian natural gas only if its demand begins to exceed capacity for European gas imports, Andriy Kobolev, the head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, said Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 5 – Ukraine said on Wednesday it would halt payment of state funds in areas controlled by pro-Moscow rebels, as both sides hardened positions in what is rapidly becoming a long-term stalemate that the West believes is Russia's aim.

KIEV, Nov. 5 – The signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union will attract new investment projects to Ukraine, including ones in the energy sector, said President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, Nov. 5 – Ukraine and the European Union are working out measures to harmonize their legislation in the area of state administration in the field of satellite navigation and remote sensing, the State Space Agency of Ukraine reported.

VILNIUS, Nov. 5 – European Union Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said he is confident that Moscow, Kiev and Brussels will manage to reach an agreement and avoid new disruptions in gas supplies to the EU market.

KIEV, Nov. 2 – Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko was detained again soon after his release from a U.S. prison, reads a posting on the Web site kommersant.ua.

According to the source, the ex-premier's lawyer Daniel Horowitz said that Lazarenko would remain in custody due to his uncertain status for staying in the United States.

KIEV, Nov. 5 – The Central Election Commission on Monday suggested holding new elections in five majority districts after thousands of opposition supporters joined a rally in protest of alleged vote manipulation and fraud.

KIEV, Nov. 5 - The government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her political backers are responsible for the epidemic of flu and acute respiratory illnesses in Ukraine, according to Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.

KIEV, Nov. 5 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday changed her stance towards accepting vaccination after the World Health Organization warned that two more strains of flu, including the bird flu, may strike Ukraine.