KIEV, Aug. 25 – Ukraine indicated on Saturday that it may soften its stance towards Russia-backed regional organizations and was also ready to make changes to its position in talks over natural gas prices.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Five or six parties would exceed the 3% threshold to win seats in the Ukrainian parliament if elections were to be held soon, according to a new national opinion poll conducted by the Razumkov Center.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Black Sea is Ukraine’s top priority for the next four years, President Viktor Yanukovych’s press service reported Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – A Ukrainian journalist missing for the past two weeks is probably dead, and police officers may have been involved in the matter, Interior Minister Anatoliy Mohyliov said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – Ukrainian and Russian Presidents Viktor Yanukovych and Dmitry Medvedev will meet in the town of Shostka in Sumy region on September 17 to discuss the St. Petersburg-Moscow-Kiev motor rally, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Russia’s Black Sea Fleet forces on Wednesday detained Ukrainian court officers in Sevastopol after the officers tried to enforce a court ruling that had ordered return of some navigation equipment to Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – Imports of coking coal in Ukraine grew by 36% year-over-year since early 2009 mainly due to supplies from Russia, and the position of domestic metal companies and Ukrkoks association bears scrutiny, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

MOSCOW, Aug. 25 - Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan hopes that Gazprom and Naftogaz can find a compromise in talks on a reduction in natural gas supplies to Ukraine in 2010.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The first stage of the restoration work in the flood-hit regions has been nearly completed, said Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko opening a temporary bridge over the Bystritsa River in Ivano-Frankivsk region.

KIEV, Aug 26 – Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the opposition Regions Party, said Tuesday that Ukraine should have followed Russia in recognizing two Georgia’s enclaves as independent states.