KIEV, Oct. 27 - In the course of a working visit to Chernivtsi region, President Petro Poroshenko conducted a synchronous launch of two hydroelectric power units of Dnistrovska hydroelectric pumped storage power plant in Novodnistrovsk (Chernivtsi region).

BRUSSELS, Oct. 25 – Kiev will chair the Energy Community in 2014, and will put on the organization's agenda issues related to the construction of the Central European gas hub and the development of new routes for natural gas shipment.

LIVADIA (Crimea), Oct. 25 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that the free trade area with the European Union and the Customs Union and the CIS are very important for Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Parliament has permitted the restructuring of the actual budget debt for subsidies for heat, water supply and sewerage services via the issue of promissory notes.

A total of 237 out of 406 lawmakers registered in the session hall on Thursday, October 24, supported the amendments to the law on the national budget for 2013 drawn up by the government.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – President Viktor Yanukovych traveled to Sochi on Sunday for a surprise meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin just days after their meeting in Minsk had failed to sort out trade differences.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – The deal over lower natural gas prices that Ukraine is negotiating with Russia does not call for Kiev joining a Moscow-led Customs Union, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 26 – The European Parliament has recommended that the European Commission hold a meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych before the Ukraine-EU summit in order to restore a constructive dialogue.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – The agreement on Russian natural gas deliveries that was signed by the previous government does not correspond to the current Ukrainian legislation for a range of reasons, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will visit Ukraine Thursday for talks over crude oil and liquefied natural gas supplies, the office of President Viktor Yanukovych reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Russia has preliminarily agreed to move at least 25 million metric tons of its crude oil for export annually via Ukrainian pipelines during the next five years, Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko said Wednesday.