KIEV, June 5 - President Viktor Yanukovych will make an official visit to Serbia on June 6-7, reads a statement posted on the Web site of the head of state.

BERLIN, June 5 - A German doctor who examined Ukraine's jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko said Tuesday that he doubted she could ever recover from serious spinal problems with the care she is receiving, AFP reported.

KIEV, June 5 - Clashes between riot police and protesters erupted in Kiev on Tuesday as Parliament gave initial approval to legislation making Russian the second state language in many Ukrainian regions.

The move further splits Ukraine along geographical and cultural lines and may bring in political instability at a time when the country is co-hosting with Poland the Euro-2012 soccer tournament.

KIEV, June 3 – The National Bank of Ukraine and the Ukrainian government are constantly discussing the best ways to strengthen price stability in the country and are hammering out joint measures to resolve this task, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU's governor.

KIEV, June 3 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law writing off debts between fuel and energy enterprises and those to the national budget worth over UAH 24 billion for natural gas and electricity, the president's press service reports.

KIEV, June 5 – Two journalists who uncovered a massive case of alleged government corruption during a recent purchase of $400 million oil rig have sued energy minister for suggesting their story had been ordered by unnamed competitors.

KIEV, June 3 – The government split sharply on whether Ukraine needs to immediately resume borrowing from the International Monetary Fund, adding a new line of confrontation to already existing disagreement with the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, June 2 – The Cabinet of Ministers Secretariat’s Department of Information and Communications of Ukraine has called absurd the statement of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that she was not involved in the fraudulent procurement of vaccines during a flu outbreak in Ukraine in 2009.

KIEV, June 3 - The government has transferred new government domestic loan bonds worth UAH 3.5 billion (roughly $440 million)of Ukraine has transferred to national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny as payment for shares from an additional issue.

KIEV, June 4 - Ukraine is ready for the practical implementation of the "roadmap" signed during a recent visit to Ukraine by U.S. President George Bush, including in the sphere of trade-economic and investment cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said during a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez in Kiev on Wednesday.