KIEV, June 1 – Ukraine will continue massive imports of natural gas from Russia during the next two months, before reducing the imports when prices are expected to rise, an official said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 1 – The government on Tuesday re-submitted to Parliament its pension reform legislation, underscoring desperate attempts to win resumption of lending from the International Monetary Fund by the end of July.

KIEV, June 1 – President Viktor Yanukovych dismissed a deputy prime minister, deputy minister and the head of Sevastopol administration on Wednesday, sending the most serious warning yet to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to begin unpopular reforms.

KIEV, May 31 – Ukraine will insist that Germany apologize for the scandal of over the alleged contamination of Ukrainian corn with dioxin, and the exporter company does not rule out filing a claim for compensation for libel, Deutsche Welle has reported.

KIEV, May 31 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry expects that an International Monetary Fund mission will come to Kiev in June to prepare a new program of cooperation with Ukraine.

KIEV, June 1 – A deputy minister was arrested in Ukraine on Tuesday apparently for receiving a $200,000 bribe that was supposed to secure a particular regional appointment, the prosecutor general’s office reported.

KIEV, June 1 – Opposition groups vowed on Tuesday to boycott President Viktor Yanukovych’s address to the nation on Thursday, at which he plans to unveil his proposed economic reform package.

KIEV, June 1 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych on Sunday reached a secret agreement allowing them to effectively split control over Ukraine for decades, a newspaper reported Monday.

KIEV, June 1 – Allies of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych on Monday launched what appears to be a coordinated campaign supporting constitutional amendments that would let Parliament elect the next president.

KIEV, May 30 - Ukraine’s top security body Friday ordered the government to immediately resume its license and production sharing agreement (PSA) with U.S. oil company Vanco Energy for development of a field offshore the Black Sea.