KIEV, July 23 – Ukraine will hold new local elections after amendments to the constitution aimed at decentralizing the governance system take effect, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, July 23 - It is unacceptable for parliamentary coalition members to use populist slogans and ideas, including of an economic character, leading to serious consequences for the state, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, July 25 – The Ukrainian government has increased stipends for students, Social Policy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said.

While commenting on the adoption at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday of a resolution setting the size of stipends for the students of vocational schools, universities and institutes, he said that from now the basic level of stipends for such students has been raised on average by 37.5%.

CHYRSKE, Kiev region, July 26 – The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers intends to provide funds in the 2013 state budget for the restoration of boat traffic on the River Dnipro, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, July 26 – Ukraine has not discarded the 3+1 formula of its cooperation with the Customs Union but is also carefully studying the proposals of the Russian side, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, July 26 – Parliament will hold an emergency session on Monday, one day earlier than had been earlier expected, opening the way for reshuffle of its leadership and a go-ahead to controversial language legislation.

BRUSSELS, July 25 – The European Commission has stated that the ongoing criminal investigations in Ukraine do not directly affect the negotiations on an association agreement, but may impede the ratification of this document at the final stage.

KIEV, July 26 – The fifth meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission, chaired by the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych and Dmitry Medvedev, is likely to take place this autumn, a source in diplomatic circles told Interfax-Ukraine.

"There haven't been any preparations for this meeting yet, which means it will not take place in July.

KIEV, July 26 — Special police troops, called by Judge Rodion Kireyev, broke into a Kiev courtroom Tuesday and dragged out all supporters of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, marking a serious escalation of tensions at the trial.

KIEV, July 26 – The Presidential Administration has refused to say which companies President Viktor Yanukovych owns.