KIEV, Oct. 23 – The representation of five parties in the new Parliament, particularly the Regions Party, Batkivschyna, UDAR, the Communist Party and Svoboda, is the most likely outcome of the elections scheduled for October 28, according to Europe's betting firm bwin Interactive Entertainment AG (Vienna).

KIEV, Oct. 24 – The door to Europe is open for Ukraine if the country complies with European standards, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said.

"From the very start we were frank and open with our Ukrainian friends in the issue of the preparation of the Association Agreement and said that the EU and its member states may show understanding and flexibility in many issues.

KIEV, Oct. 24 - Ukraine made fresh charges against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday despite a Western outcry over her recent jailing for seven years for abuse of office.

KIEV, Oct. 21 - About three-quarters of Ukrainians would like the current natural gas agreements with Russia, signed in 2009, to be revised, an opinion poll suggests.

KIEV, Oct. 24 - Ukraine guarantees reliable and stable supplies of natural gas to Europe in case it concludes new gas contracts with Russia, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said he hopes that gas tariffs for households will not be raised.

"We are set to agree with Russia on an acceptable price for gas. My last meeting with the Russian prime minister gives reason to believe that the agreement is rather close," he said an interview with Ukrainian television's 1+1 TV Channel late on Sunday, when asked when Ukrainians should expect a rise in gas tariffs.

KIEV, Oct. 21 – The visit of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Ukraine is not likely to affect relations between Kiev and Washington in any way, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian President Andriy Honcharuk told the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly) newspaper.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – Boryspil Airport’s Terminal F will start work as of November 1, the Ukrainian Transport and Communications Minister said.

“UIA (Ukraine International Airlines) will start working there as of November 1 and it [the terminal] will be more engaged,” Transport and Communications Minister Kostiantyn Yefymenko said at a briefing in Kiev on Thursday. “40% of flights from Terminal B will be transferred there by the end of the year.”

KIEV, Oct. 24 - A group of opposition lawmakers uncovered a massive cache of undocumented ballots printed at a facility in Kharkiv, suggesting that preparation for fraud is underway ahead of Ukraine’s Oct. 31 local elections.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – In a move that effectively buries an initiative of Yulia Tymoshenko, the likely new prime minister, for the creation of professional army in 2008, President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree ordering a military draft next year.