BRUSSELS, Sept. 25 - A Ukrainian navy frigate is steaming towards the Horn of Africa to join NATO's counter-piracy mission Operation Ocean Shield, NATO’s headquarters reported Wednesday.

ASTANA, Sept. 25 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Wednesday suggested using rules and regulations of the World Trade Organization to prevent an escalation of a trade dispute with Russia later this year.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – Shevchenkivsky District Court in Kiev has found Vasyl Volha, the former head of the State Commission for Financial Service Markets Regulation, guilty of an attempt to take a bribe and sentenced him to five years of imprisonment.

KIEV, Sept. 25 – In a stunning turnaround and following massive protests, the ruling Regions Party said Tuesday it will withdraw a controversial bill that introduces jail sentences for journalists who disseminate “libelous” information.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – President Viktor Yanukovych has proposed that an international research center studying the risk of using nuclear energy be created in Ukraine with the assistance of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

ARKHANGELSK, Sept. 22 - Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko expects clarification from officials in Kiev on plans for the restructuring of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, which, according to Ukraine's leadership, will cause a breach of contracts with Russian gas giant Gazprom.

UMAN, Sept. 25 — Police have detained about 100 activists of Ukraine’s nationalist party Svoboda who protested the annual pilgrimage of Hasidic Jews in southern Ukraine.

About 300 supporters of the nationalist party Svoboda demanded that Hasid Jews not be allowed to gather in the town of Uman, about 200 kilometers south of the capital Kiev.

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.’