KIEV, May 30 – The European Union does not intend to take a pause before signing the Association Agreement with Ukraine, said Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine.

KIEV, May 30 – Jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was cited as a witness in the murder of a deputy, putting fresh pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych's arch-enemy, Ukraine's general prosecutor said Wednesday.

KIEV, May 31 – A list of property that can be bought on credit with interest rates subsidized by the state to 3% per annum has been expanded to include unsold construction projects commissioned after 2009 - young families with children and people who have been waiting for apartments have privileges, and the borrowers' income cannot exceed 10 times the average wage.

KIEV, May 31 – Kiev City Council is planning to appeal to the prosecuting authorities and the State Inspectorate of Architecture and Construction Supervision (SIACS) to check the legality of the construction of a helipad for the Ukrainian president on Park Alley in the city and the compliance of the facility under construction with its design documentation.

KIEV, May 31 - Ukrainian authorities have arrested two men in connection with bomb blasts in April which injured 31 people, the BBC reported Thursday.

KIEV, May 31 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has ordered the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry to carry out all the formalities for the agreement on Russia's loan for the construction of the third and fourth power units at Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant.

PARIS, May 31 — France's sport minister said Thursday that she and her cabinet colleagues will boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine to protest the treatment of jailed opposition figure Yulia Tymoshenko, AFP reported.

KIEV, May 30 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will make an official visit to Kazakhstan on June 23-24, Kazakh Ambassador to Ukraine Amangeldy Zhumabayev announced.

KIEV, May 31 – The agreement on the establishment of a free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union is almost ready, although there are three unresolved issues remaining, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

KIEV, May 31 – Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko asked the SBU security service to go after reporters that broke the story of Ukraine overpaying $150 million on an oil rig, a story that may highlight a massive case of government corruption.