KIEV, July 31 - The government will resubmit its crucial energy sector measures for approval by Parliament next month after they were rejected by lawmakers on Thursday, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, July 31 - Ukraine's parliament rejected Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk's resignation on Thursday and finally passed legislation he said was needed to finance an army offensive against a separatist rebellion in the east and avert a national default on its debts, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 31 – Ukraine expects that the European Union will help Ukraine create acceptable living conditions for displaced people from the east and Crimea in winter, Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Minister Volodymyr Hroisman said.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – The Ukrainian parliament has passed a law on amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and some other Ukrainian laws at a closed session on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 3 - Pro-Russian separatists battled on Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels' main stronghold in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – The Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry is continuing talks with the Customs Union on setting a quota for the export of 100,000 tons of sugar to Russia by Ukraine in the free trade regime for 2012.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who two weeks ago warned about the possibility of a new wave of global financial turmoil, on Wednesday rejected speculation the hryvnia may come under attack and lose value.

KIEV, Aug. 2 – Ukraine and Russian gas giant Gazprom are discussing ways to cushion the effect of the implementation of a Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal decision that obliged national gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny to give 12.1 billion cubic meters of gas to Swiss-registered gas trader RosUkrEnergo, Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, Aug. 2 – The Finance Ministry and Chief Audit Department, jointly with law-enforcement bodies, are to check the activities of state-run banks to clarify the reasons for the appearance of bad credit debts.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – President Viktor Yanukovych has discussed with Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko the current tasks of the foreign ministry and the preparations for upcoming foreign visits by the Ukrainian head of state.