KIEV, Oct. 23 – Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said he opposes disconnecting Crimea from the power grid as proposed by a petition on the Ukrainian president's website.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – Ukraine is expecting that all member states of the European Union will ratify the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement by the end of 2015, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 22 - If there is no green light to the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement from the European Parliament's monitoring mission of former EP President Pat Cox and former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Brussels will not sign the document, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said.

KIEV, Oct. 24 - Vitaly Klichko, the leader of the opposition Udar party, on Thursday declared his intention to run for president in 2015, hours after approval of a bill that may bar him from the election.

KIEV, Oct. 25 - The Ukrainian government plans by the end of the year to sign a production sharing agreement (PSA) with Royal Dutch Shell that will open way for a major shale gas extraction project.

KIEV, Oct. 25 - Royal Dutch Shell jointly with a Ukrainian company on Thursday started drilling for natural gas in Ukraine in a project that President Viktor Yanukovych said will strengthen the country’s energy independence.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday said Ukraine would be better off not listening to political advice from abroad, adding that the new Parliament to be elected on Sunday will be “more effective.”

KIEV, Oct. 25 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Tuesday it may take one month for his government to negotiate a new natural gas agreement with Russia that calls for lower gas prices.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Criminal charges cannot be brought using evidence obtained without respect to the constitution or in violation of the law, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine has announced.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Ukraine is interested in participation of Brazilian companies in implementation of the New Energy national project (projects involving the use of alternative energy sources or diversification of energy supplies to the country) and the national project for construction of a terminal for re-gasification of liquefied natural gas.