KIEV, March 25 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to arrange immediate talks with Russian natural gas giant Gazprom for signing a long-term gas supply agreement before the end of March.

KIEV, March 25 – In an apparent attempt to calm Russia’s fears over the pace of Ukraine’s accession to NATO, President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday the full accession may take “years.”

KERCH, March 23 ??“ Emergencies Minister Nestor Shufrych has slammed the two previous governments for not financing coastal protection programs and developing Tuzla Island in 2005 and the first three quarters of 2006.

KIEV, March 23 ??“ Ukraine??™s ruling coalition replaced Health Minister Yuriy Poliachenko with Yuriy Haidaev on Friday.

KIEV, March 24 ??“ Yuriy Lutsenko, a popular opposition leader, resumed active campaign throughout Ukraine criticizing the government after a court had ruled that prosecutors had no reasons to impose restrictions on his traveling.

KIEV, March 23 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said that the recently created committee for reforms will spearhead the government??™s effort to modernize the country and draft a strategic development course.

KIEV, March 23 ??“ This year, about 8% of the winter crops will have to be re-planted in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Weather Center.

KYIV, Feb 23 – Ukraine proposes a "mutual understanding plan" of five steps to unblock the border with Poland, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said.

KYIV, Feb 23 – Representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Ukrainian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) on an updated list of economic and financial policies for the third revision of the four-year EFF Extended Fund Facility, the Fund said on Friday night.

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 - President Joe Biden will convene the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to press lawmakers on passing an emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel, as well as averting a looming government shutdown next month, according to a White House official.