KIEV, April 4 – Ukraine’s political crisis deepened sharply on Thursday when pro-government lawmakers – in a highly controversial move – held a session outside Parliament and claimed to have approved 20 bills.

KIEV, April 4 - The U.S.-based democracy-advocacy group Freedom House visited Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday, and said it is seriously concerned for her health.

KIEV, April 4 - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn made a successful return to the international speech circuit on Wednesday, delivering a lecture in Kiev without facing tough questions or public protests.

KIEV, April 4 – A commercial bank controlled by the family of President Viktor Yanukovych continued its rapid expansion by announcing plans to inject another 100 million hryvnias into its capital, a newspaper reported Monday.

KIEV, April 4 – Ukraine could use some of its foreign exchange reserves to pay off some of its foreign debts ahead of schedule, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Monday.

KIEV, April 1 - Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the all-Ukrainian association Batkivschyna and former prime minister of Ukraine, received UAH 258,265 in wages working as a public servant in 2010 and her family members made UAH 988,737, Tymoshenko reported on her personal Web site, which has a link to her tax declaration.

KIEV, April 1 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has ordered Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko to hold consultations with the authors of a letter to the head of government from participants in the All-Ukrainian Automobile March of Protest motor rally.

KIEV, April 4 - Ukraine's interdepartmental commission will probably confirm its version of a production sharing agreement (PSA) for the Prykerchensky oil and gas section with Vanco Energy, Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Kliuyev, who chairs the commission, said.

KIEV, April 4 ??“ Ukraine's Economy Ministry drafted a memorandum to allocate humanitarian and technical aid for Kyrgyzstan to settle the dispute over the debt of Ukrainian enterprises, Economy Minister Anatoliy Kinakh said.

KIEV, April 4 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko will Thursday hold an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, a body that advises him on strategic issues, the presidential office reported Wednesday.