KIEV, Aug. 30 - The signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will increase investments by U.S. companies in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said.

KIEV, Aug. 30 – EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule and Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian parliament's European integration committee Petro Poroshenko have met in Brussels to discuss the consolidation of efforts by Ukrainian political forces to ensure effective and timely implementation of benchmarks for a successful signature of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.

MAKIYIVKA, Sept. 2 – Ukraine's parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Rybak said the parliament will pass seven bill on Ukraine's European integration at its first session.

KIEV, Sept. 2 – Ukraine's law enforcement agencies are preparing for tough certification, President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

"All law enforcement agencies are currently preparing for certification. The approach will be very tough to the certification of people who currently work in law enforcement agencies. Requirements will also be tough for those who come to work," he said in an interview with Ukrainian television channels broadcast on the 1+1 TV Channel.

KIEV, Sept. 2 – President Viktor Yanukovych may show up in Parliament on Tuesday to address lawmakers before they debate bills needed for closer integration with the European Union, political leaders said.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – Former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has been transported to Mena Penal Colony No. 91 in Chernihiv region to serve his sentence, according to the People's Self-Defense Party.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – The Cabinet of Ministers has drawn up a bill on the creation of an agency to support exports and will send it to Parliament for approval, First Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovsky said.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – The Ukrainian government wants the state budget for 2013 to be based on realistic figures, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – President Viktor Yanukovych is the most influential person in Ukraine according to Korrespondent magazine's Top 100 rating, which was published on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – A new bill that was recently discussed with President Viktor Yanukovych may take steps to protect the use of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine, a member of a working group said.