KIEV, March 26 ??“ A court in Kiev on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies must stop investigation against Yuriy Lutsenko, a popular opposition leader, after prosecutors had failed to show any evidence backing their allegations.

KIEV, March 26 - Vanco Energy Company, an independent U.S. oil firm, hit new snags in Ukrainian offshore oil project after officials had admitted the site had been previously used by the military and may be dangerous.

KIEV, March 26 ??“ The ruling Regions Party has been facing a sharp drop in public support over the past several months following an increase in housing and utility prices, a poll showed Monday.

KIEV, March 26 - One miner was killed and another was injured from falling rock at the Ekspluatatsionnaya mine in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine.

Minsk, March 26 ??“ Parliament Deputy Speaker Mykola Tomenko said there is promise for cooperation with Belarus in resolving energy security problems facing the two countries and Europe as a whole.

KIEV, March 26 ??“ Natalia Vitrenko, the leader of an ultra leftist and pro-Russian group, on Monday pledged to launch street protests after exit poll data had indicated the group may fail to make it to Parliament.

KIEV, March 26 ??“ Yulia Tymoshenko, who will probably become the next prime minister following Sunday??™s general election, reiterated her pledge to cancel a natural gas deal between Ukraine and Russia signed in early January.

KIEV, March 27 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko??™s Our Ukraine party was set to suffer a bitter defeat at Sunday??™s general election as voters had massively supported two of its major competitors, exit poll data suggested.

WARSAW, March 24 - NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Pierre Lellouche said he was "very concerned" that Russia had resorted to cutting off gas to Ukraine in January, adding the cutoff was a blackmail.

MINSK, March 24 - Police stormed the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital early Friday and rounded up hundreds of demonstrators who spent a fourth night protesting President Alexander Lukashenka's victory in a disputed election.