VIENNA, Nov. 22 – Austrian companies could successfully participate in the realization of some large-scale projects in Ukraine's energy sector, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Nov. 22 – The decision taken by the Ukrainian government to suspend the process of preparations for signing the Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the EU and Ukraine is a disappointment not just for the EU, but for the people of Ukraine, according to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – About 50,000 demonstrators rallied in the center of Kiev on Sunday to demand that Ukraine's government reverse course and sign a landmark agreement with the European Union in defiance of Russia.

KIEV, Nov. 23 – Despite the stringent demand by representatives of the International Monetary Fund that Ukraine raise the price of gas for households before it can get the next tranche of Standby lending, the main issue during its mission's next visit to the country will be the budget deficit and the balance of payments, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Serhiy Arbuzov said.

KIEV, Nov. 24 - Ukraine may be able to reach an agreement with Russia on lower natural gas prices before the end of the year, President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday failed to deny a media report that he was going to join a meeting in Moscow December 19, skipping an EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev the same day.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – President Viktor Yanukovych said that Israel is an important Middle Eastern partner for Ukraine.

"Israel is an important political, trade and economic partner of Ukraine in the Middle East," he said during extended talks with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 24 - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny must return 12.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Swiss-based gas trader RosUkrEnergo, the court’s press service reported.

KIEV, Nov. 24 - Ukraine successfully completed a test-run shipment of 80,000 metric tons of crude oil to Belarus through Odessa-Brody oil pipeline, UkrTransNafta, the country’s oil shipping monopoly, reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – Talks between protesting small business owners and the government collapsed on Wednesday in a development that threatens to escalate the political standoff in Ukraine.