KIEV, Sept. 26 - The Foreign Ministry has predicted that if the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU is signed at the Vilnius summit this November, then the document will be ratified in the spring of 2014.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - Ukraine will produce a “record“ grain output of up to 60 million metric tons in the 2013-2014 marketing year, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – Ukraine’s 2014 budget is apparently facing new delays as the Finance Ministry has yet to show its draft to the administration of President Viktor Yanukovych, a senior official said Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - The European Union and the United States have urged Ukraine to review the updated draft Energy Strategy for the period through 2030, saying the document is based on unrealistic projections for the development of the national economy, is not consistent with other legislation, and does not account for all of Ukraine’s international obligations.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had a brief conversation with United States President Barack Obama at the U.S. president's reception on the occasion of the opening of the 67th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - The Ukrainian government is working on legislation that paves the way for selling of hundreds of state-owned assets previously considered strategic, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – Parliament has passed a law on documents confirming the identity and citizenship of Ukraine and proposing to introduce plastic identity cards.

A total of 257 MPs out of the 366 registered in the session hall on Friday voted for the law.

MOSCOW, Sept. 26 – Russia has given up the idea of engaging Ukraine into the Customs Union and is ready to discuss the establishment of a tripartite consortium on the management of the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) involving the European Union, Russian Kommersant newspaper wrote on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – Talks between the government and protesters over a controversial bill reducing social spending collapsed with the growing possibility that street protests may resume, Radio Liberty reported Monday, citing a protest leader.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - Russia has agreed to join a trilateral joint venture, also involving a European entity, to operate Ukraine’s massive natural gas transportation network, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Monday.

The joint venture would improve reliability of gas transportation from Russia via Ukraine to Europe, Azarov said in a statement released by the government.