KIEV, May 30 - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych warned of new obstacles in resolving a political crisis here as parliament held a heated make-or-break session to pave the way for early elections.

KIEV, May 30 - President Viktor Yushchenko accused "certain forces" on Wednesday of seeking to derail a September 30 poll called after weeks of talks between government rivals to try and halt a protracted political crisis.

KIEV, May 30 ??“ Ukraine??™s recent political agreement between pro-Russian government coalition and opposition groups turned into a fiasco on Wednesday when the coalition had refused to back key bills required for an early election.

KIEV, May 30 ??“ The Ukrainian government called for a quick approval of 17 laws to help the country join the World Trade Organization (WTO) later this year, according to a recent resolution.

LONDON May 29 ??“ One of last century's biggest experiments, the transition to market economics in former Soviet countries, has failed, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said.

KIEV, May 30 ??“ Russia may agree to lower natural gas prices for Ukraine if the country scales down its pro-Western foreign policy, Viktor Chernomyrdin, the Russian Ambassador to Ukraine, suggested Tuesday.

KIEV, May 30 ??“ Pro-Russian groups staged spectacular protests throughout Ukraine after a U.S. Navy ship had docked at a port in Crimea to deliver supplies for a planned NATO-Ukraine naval exercise later this year.

KIEV, May 27 ??“ Ukraine's chances of reaching growth in gross domestic product in 2005 of 8.2% are decreasing, according to the head of the NBU governor's group of advisers, Valeriy Lytvytsky.

KIEV, May 27 ??“ Ukraine is concerned over the way Russia insists setting the border between the two in a sensitive area linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

KIEV, May 29 ??“ The government may leave untouched current managers of UkrNafta, the country??™s largest oil producer, but reduce their power to give the state more control over business, an official said.