BRUSSELS, Nov. 25 – European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso have criticized Russia for putting pressure on Ukraine.

OTTAWA, Nov. 26 - Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Rybak has called for the simplification of the visa regime with Canada for Ukrainians.

KIEV, Nov. 26 - President Viktor Yanukovych said on Tuesday he would attend an EU summit this week, but, criticizing the bloc for a 'humiliating' financial aid offer, declared he would sign a free trade pact only when it suited Ukraine's interests.

KIEV, Nov. 23 – Natural gas supplies under Azerbaijan's Shah-Deniz Phase-2 project to Ukraine may start late in 2017, according to Azerbaijani Ambassador to Ukraine Eynulla Madatli.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – President Viktor Yanukovych said Monday he hasn’t decided yet whether to accept the resignations of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and other Cabinet ministers following their recent elections to Parliament.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – Dmytro Firtash, a Ukrainian billionaire co-owner of RosUkrEnergo gas trader, has used his Austrian-registered company to sue the government of Ukraine for illegally seizing 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas in January.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – Parliament on Thursday failed to override a presidential veto of a bill that would have forced the National Bank of Ukraine to print one billion hryvnias to fight the current flu epidemic. The Regions Party, the largest opposition group, rejected it.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – Ukraine hopes that UEFA's Executive Committee will take a positive decision on Dec. 11 confirming the right of four Ukrainian cities to host the finals of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Vasiunyk said.

TRIPOLI, Nov. 24 - Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova said she hopes that Naftogaz Ukrainy will operate on the Libyan oil and gas market.

KIEV, Nov. 26 - Ukraine’s debts for Russian natural gas rose sharply as the volume of gas accumulated in the country’s underground gas tanks increased due to warmer weather throughout Europe, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday.

The increasing stocks of gas in Ukrainian gas tanks was also caused by falling demand throughout Europe as financial crisis had been hitting main consumers, such as steelmakers and power plants.