KIEV, Aug. 20 – Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has called on Ukrainians to come to the building of the Ukrainian parliament on September 7 and support the adoption of a law introducing a moratorium on a rise in prices of gas and housing and utilities tariffs for the public from January 1, 2010, Tymoshenko said in a statement released by the BYT press service on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Chairman Yevhen Bakulin and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller discussed the workload for Ukraine's gas transport system during a working meeting in Moscow.

KIEV, Aug. 25 - President Viktor Yanukovych said he attaches a high priority to European integration.

KIEV, Aug. 25 - Law enforcement agencies will audit the State Treasury’s accounts as part of an investigation into the alleged misuse of funds raised from selling carbon dioxide emission allowances last year, a court ruled Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 25 - Ukraine will seek to renegotiate its key 10-year natural gas agreement with Russia because its terms are “extremely unfavorable,” Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s party has called for an emergency session of Parliament on Aug. 30 to amend legislation governing the upcoming local election by letting a greater number of parties nominate candidates.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – In a major policy shift, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday rejected future natural gas price hikes, undermining previous commitments that had helped Ukraine to secure massive lending from the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – Ukraine on Tuesday vigorously denied Russia’s allegations that Ukrainian troops helped Georgia to fight off Russian army during their five-day war a year ago, calling the allegations “lies” and “provocation.”

KIEV, Aug. 22 – National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova will pay a working visit to the United States on Aug. 24-30, the council said on Friday.

She will participate in the International Leaders Forum in Denver, the State of Colorado, at the invitation of the U.S. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.

KIEV, Aug 25. – U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will visit Ukraine next week for security talks in the region following the military conflict between Russia and Georgia earlier this month, President Viktor Yushchenko’s office announced.