KIEV, March 31 – Ukrainian prosecutors on Thursday appeared to have broadened the probe against former President Leonid Kuchma beyond the 2000 murder of a journalist, in a development that may potentially make vulnerable many politicians.

KIEV, March 30 – Canada's Ambassador to Ukraine Daniel Caron told Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov that Canada's government is ready to conclude agreements on free trade and youth exchanges later this year.

KIEV, March 31 – The Ukrainian authorities hope to conclude several important agreements when Canada's prime minister visits Ukraine, in particular, a deal on visa regime simplification, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said during a meeting with Canadian Ambassador Daniel Caron.

KIEV, March 31 – Ukraine’s biggest trade union group has come out strongly against the toughening of social policy to please international lending organizations.

KIEV, March 31 - Ukraine will seek jointly with Kazakhstan to build an oil refinery in the country to meet domestic demand for gasoline and also for exports to Europe, Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 31 – The government has suddenly decided to widen Ukraine’s 2010 budget deficit to 10% of GDP, up from 6% earlier planned, triggering a problem in talks with the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, March 30 - The Ukrainian missile attack warning radars in Sevastopol and Mukacheve will start monitoring space in early April after they complete the technical regulations they have been preparing since Feb. 26, a high-ranking military source told Interfax on Monday.

MOSCOW, March 31 - Ukraine will allocate from its budget UAH 44 billion ($5.7 billion) for the recapitalization of between 10 and 15 major banks, Oleksandr Savchenko, the deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, told journalists in Moscow on Tuesday.

KIEV, March 31 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday suggested sweeping amendments to the constitution that would include creating a second chamber of Parliament that may de-facto strengthen presidential powers.

KIEV, March 31 – Parliament on Tuesday rejected three out of five anti-crisis bills submitted by the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, sending a mixed signal to the International Monetary Fund over future lending.