KIEV, Sept. 25 – Ukraine and Russia on Sunday reported that “significant progress” in talks between their two presidents on Saturday may potentially pave the way for a deal on natural gas prices later this year.

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 – President Viktor Yushchenko, addressing the United Nations, called for an obligatory framework agreement - a global environmental constitution - and the formation of a single environmental protection body with proper powers.

KIEV, Sept. 25 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Thursday the collapse of her government coalition on Sept. 2 had led to Fitch Ratings revising Ukraine’s outlook to ‘negative.’

KIEV, Sept. 25 – The hryvnia lost value against the U.S. dollar on Thursday sliding below the level that the National Bank of Ukraine had earlier pledged to defend. The bank made no interventions.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 24 – The European Commission said it "has always strictly demonstrated" the need for Ukraine to introduce a non-visa regime for all member states of the European Union, in particular, for Romania and Bulgaria, which is the prerequisite of ratifying a visa facilitation agreement.

KIEV, Sept. 25 - President Viktor Yushchenko has suspended cabinet resolution No. 1,105 of Sept. 5 on the privatization of minority stakes in six regional electricity supply companies in which the state owns controlling stakes.

KIEV, Sept. 25 – Following a tip, Ukraine’s police and security agents took precautionary measures Tuesday to ensure safety for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych at a campaign rally in Kharkiv.

“Specialists on explosives have been working on the site, jointly with the SBU security service and police,” Larysa Volkova, a spokeswoman for local police department, told MediaPort, a local newswire. “We can’t disclose the nature of the measures.”

KIEV, Sept. 25 – Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party is recruiting people among its supporters throughout Ukraine for use in staging street protests in Kiev after the Sept. 30 election.

KIEV, Sept. 25 – President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday he will not hesitate to nominate Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister, as the new prime minister if pro-Western parties jointly win the Sept. 30 snap election.

KIEV, Sept. 25 ??“ Parliament has overridden a presidential veto of a law freezing energy prices for households, tariffs on municipal services, and public transport services, with the exception of taxi services, through year end.