KIEV, Aug. 30 – President Viktor Yanukovych has again said that it is unacceptable to increase the price of gas for households.

KIEV, Aug. 30 - Ukraine will work with the United States to improve its energy security by developing shale gas and natural gas deposits in the country, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 30 - Ukraine will continue reducing imports of Russian natural gas and increasing imports of gas from elsewhere to diversify the country’s energy supplies, President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 30 – President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko could get medical treatment abroad if laws are changed to make the move legal.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is now being tried for falsifying government directives for the country's gas talks with Russia when she was prime minister, according to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, Sept. 1 - Ukraine approved a plan to spin off Naftogaz Ukrayiny’s natural gas extracting unit and sell its shares via IPO to raise up to $10 billion, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 1 - Ukraine will try “one more time” to renegotiate its controversial 10-year natural gas agreement with Russia, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – The inconsistency of President Viktor Yanukovych's policies may significantly delay the start of the talks on Ukraine's application to join the European Union, according to Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003.

MOSCOW, Sept. 1 - The Russian Energy Ministry has ruled out the possibility of Ukraine stopping the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe over the current differences between Moscow and Kiev over the price of gas for the Ukrainian domestic market, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said at a meeting with students at the Moscow Energy Institute.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – Experts are to examine the painting by Italian artist Michelangelo Caravaggio “The Taking of Christ (or, The Kiss of Judas)", which was returned to Ukraine, and then it will be sent for restoration, Interior Minister Anatoliy Mohyliov said.