KIEV, July 30 – A top government official on Wednesday urged Vanco Energy, an independent U.S. oil company, to suspend its lawsuit against Ukraine for a round of talks to try to settle the dispute.

KIEV, July 30 – Political rivalry between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will be tested on Thursday in Parliament when lawmakers meet for an emergency session to debate 2008 budget amendments.

KIEV, July 29 – Ukraine and Russia are working on a protocol on amendments to a 1993 intergovernmental agreement on the construction of An-70 new generation transport aircraft.

KIEV, July 30 –President Viktor Yushchenko has sent a letter to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko expressing his alarm over the situation in domestic cattle breeding.

UZHHOROD, July 30 – A peace agreement between Ukrainian and Tatar stockholders in UkrTatNafta (the Kremenchuk oil refinery in Poltava region) should be comprehensive and cover all disputed issues in addition to the 18% stake under dispute, according to Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko.

KIEV, July 30 – Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Moroz was forced to postpone his plan for the legislature’s emergency session for a week after disagreements emerged between pro-government parties over the upcoming Sept. 30 snap election.

KIEV, July 30 ??“ Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, who has been pushing for Ukraine??™s accession to NATO, on Friday threatened to resign if Parliament approves a dramatic cut on defense spending, a newspaper reported.

KIEV, July 30 ??“ The creation of a new coalition in Ukraine stumbled Friday after President Viktor Yushchenko had flatly refused to support Viktor Yanukovych, the Regions Party leader, for the post of the prime minister.

FRANKFURT, May 30 - Ukraine’s economy is showing “remarkable resilience” following Russian attacks on its electricity infrastructure, officials from the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday as they signed off on an initial loan of $900 million and raised their estimate for the country’s economic growth.

KYIV, May 30 - The U.N. nuclear chief stressed Tuesday that the world is fortunate a nuclear accident hasn’t happened in Ukraine and asked Moscow and Kyiv to commit to preventing any attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and make other pledges “to avoid the danger of a catastrophic incident.”