KIEV, Dec. 24 - The Prosecutor General's Office has detained former Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration and Deputy Head of the State Customs Service Viktor Bondar on abuse charges.

"The former governor of Dnipropetrovsk region and deputy head of the State Customs Service Bondar was today called in for questioning and arrested on abuse charges," Prosecutor General Oleksandr Pshonka said at a press conference in Kiev.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Parliament has adopted the country's state budget for 2011 with a deficit of UAH 38.84 billion, or 3.1% of projected GDP.

A total of 279 lawmakers out of the 298 registered in the parliament's session hall on Thursday voted for the law.

KIEV, Dec. 26 - Yuriy Lutsenko, an opposition leader and an ally of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, was arrested on Sunday, a move that sent shockwaves among Ukraine’s opposition groups.

KIEV, Dec. 26 - The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved state guarantees for Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, to allay concerns among foreign investors holding $500 million in the company’s eurobonds.

KIEV, Dec. 26 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday for the first time detailed her controversial plan for payments of billions of hryvnias in failed Soviet-era bank debts, suggesting the payments will be moderate.

KIEV, Dec. 26 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s government approved a revised draft 2008 budget on Wednesday, steeply cutting spending on business development projects and significantly boosting spending on social needs.

KIEV, Dec. 26 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko appointed two close allies as governors in Sumy and Zhytomyr regions on Tuesday further underscoring a rift with the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, Dec. 26 ??“ Tensions were set to rise between President Viktor Yushchenko and the government over Foreign Minister Boris Tarasiuk after a top government official had insisted that the minister had been fired.

KIEV, Dec. 26 - Incumbent Kiev Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko, backed by President Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine party, led Vitaliy Klichko, Ukraine??™s world heavyweight champion, in a mayor election poll due in March 2006, an opinion poll

KIEV, Dec. 26 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday will hear reports from ministers and energy sector executives over an escalating natural gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Monday.