KIEV, July 4 – Parliament has appointed Oleksandr Kopylenko as a member of the Central Election Commission.

A total of 236 out of the 386 MPs registered in the hall voted for this decision on Thursday.

KIEV, July 4 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday appointed his long-time ally Olena Lukash as the new justice minister, replacing Oleksandr Lavrynovych at the post.

KIEV, July 4 - President Viktor Yanukovych, in his first public comments on the high profile gang-rape allegedly committed by two police officers, said Thursday that all responsible for the crime will be severely punished.

KIEV, July 3 – President Viktor Yanukovych said that Russia, the United States and China are priority countries for strategic partnerships.

"Ukraine is forming a system of strategic relations, given its course for the modernization of the country in a modern globalized world. Cooperation with Russia, the United States and China is acquiring particular importance... At the same time, cooperation with each of our strategic partners has its own specifics and priorities," reads the president's annual address to Parliament, the text of which was distributed on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 3 – The attraction of Chinese investment and technology opportunities in various branches of the Ukrainian economy is a priority for Ukrainian-Chinese cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said in his address to Parliament, the text of which was distributed to MPs on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 4 – The further deepening of relations with CIS countries, especially in trade and economic cooperation, is a priority in Ukraine's foreign policy, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, July 3 – The State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of Ukraine has shut 15 beaches in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odessa and Mykolaiv regions and Kiev because the water quality and sanitary-technical conditions fail to meet standards, the Health Ministry reported.

KIEV, July 4 – Ukraine quickly plunged into political crisis Wednesday, with Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn offering his resignation following violent clashes between police and opposition protesters over language legislation approved on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 1 – The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) hopes to earn EUR 1.355 billion from the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, which is more than was earned from the previous tournament in Austria and Switzerland, according to Markiyan Lubkivsky, head of the Euro 2012 Local Organizing Committee in Ukraine.

KIEV, July 1 – Ukraine has given its consent to the release of a report by the Council of Europe's Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) on the country's progress in complying with its anti-corruption recommendations, Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych said after a government meeting.