KIEV, July 24 – The rules of local government are being crudely violated in Kiev, said Oleksandr Omelchenko, chairman of Parliament’s committee on state building and local government.

KIEV, July 25 – In general Spaniards see Ukrainian immigrants as hardworking and educated people, according to the results of a study conducted by the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB).

KIEV, July 25 - President Viktor Yanukovych has dismissed Vasyl Volha from the post of the head of the state commission for financial service markets regulation.

KIEV, July 22 – The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has postponed its consideration of a lawsuit filed by former Ukrainian Prime Minister and Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko against Swiss-registered gas trader RosUkrEnergo (RUE) and its co-owner Dmytro Firtash until September 9, Radio Liberty reported on Friday, referring to the office of Judge Richard Sullivan.

KIEV, July 25 — Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, on trial for her controversial natural gas deal with Russia in 2009, called on the European Union to sign without delay a free-trade and association agreement with Ukraine.

KIEV, July 22 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the procedure and terms for the partial repayment of interest on loans for construction, overhauls and re-equipment of accommodation facilities as part of the preparations for and holding of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship finals in Ukraine.

KIEV, July 22 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law simplifying the procedure for considering cases of administrative violations during mass sports and cultural events when the country is hosting the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, the presidential press service reported on Friday.

KIEV, July 22 - President Viktor Yanukovych has signed into law a bill to shorten the list of companies not to be privatized, excluding 10 owned by the Agriculture and Industrial Policy Ministries.

KIEV, July 23 – Ukraine’s most powerful trade union called on the government to cancel a proposed 50% hike in natural gas prices due on August 1, and warned it would launch a massive protest rally on Monday.

KIEV, July 24 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, wearing black jeans, black shirt and riding a Harley Davidson, led a 5,000-crowd of bikers from across the region swarming on Sevastopol for an annual biker show.