KIEV, March 2 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko faces dismissal on Wednesday amid mounting signs President Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party has secured enough votes to topple the government through a no-confidence motion.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – The majority of Ukrainians have a better view of Russia than Russians do of Ukraine, according to a pair of new polls.

The polls were conducted by the Kiev International Sociology Institute (KISI) in Ukraine and the Levada-Center in Russia, according to a KISI report on Friday.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – President Viktor Yushchenko has thanked the World Bank President Robert Zoellick for the Bank's support of the Ukrainian president's initiative calling on all branches of power to join efforts in order to resume cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.

Yushchenko said this in a letter to the World Banks' president, the Ukrainian president's press service reported on Friday.

KIEV, March 2 – The Regions Party will seek the dismissal of Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko after a scheduled grilling on Tuesday, according to a bill submitted to Parliament on Monday.

KIEV, March 2 – Ukraine’s government will cut budget spending in April or May, according to a compromise reached on Monday between President Viktor Yushcheko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, March 2 – Ukraine’s largest opposition group, the Regions Party, on Monday harshly criticized measures the government needs to take to qualify for the disbursal of $1.84 billion installment from the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, Feb. 28 - A moratorium should be declared in Ukraine on the privatization of properties, pending a revision of the privatization program, given Ukraine's admission to the World Trade Organization, Regions Party said.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – Ukraine's potential to produce new armaments and military equipment is estimated at UAH2.8 billion ($555 million) per year, and it will grow as new models are added to the country's arsenal, Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov has said.

KIEV, Feb. 29 – President Viktor Yushchenko has instructed the government over the coming month to consider a reorganization of the national concern Nadra Ukrayiny.

KIEV, March 1 – Ukraine and Russian gas giant Gazprom failed to agree on their $600 million natural gas debt dispute on Saturday, leaving a quarter of the country’s gas imports in limbo.