KIEV, June 24 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has initiated an experiment on transferring certain customs offices to the management of specialized foreign companies.

BRUSSELS, June 24 - Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission will hold three-way talks in Vienna at the end of the month to seek a new gas accord for Kiev, an EU source said, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, June 24 - A ceasefire is likely to collapse in east Ukraine and Russia could be drawn into a "big war" to cleanse the "sore on its borders", the former leader of the region's pro-Russian separatists said, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 23 – The European Council on Monday finalized the technical preparations for the signature of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine reported.

KIEV, June 24 - Ukraine's president warned Tuesday that he may terminate his weeklong cease-fire early after rebels downed a military helicopter, while Russia urged the Kiev leadership to extend the truce and launch talks with the rebels.

KIEV, June 22 – The Regions Party faction has predicted that the law on wealth tax could be adopted by the end of parliament's present session.

KIEV, June 24 – Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday will skip a court hearing due to look into new tax dodging charges that the authorities are pressing against the former prime minister.

KIEV, June 24 – BYT leader Yulia Tymoshenko has said the arrest of the former chairman of the Customs Service of Ukraine, Anatoliy Makarenko, is "political persecution."

KIEV, June 24 – An ally of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been taken in custody for two months Thursday as the authorities investigate his role in confiscating natural gas from RosUkrEnergo in February 2009.

KIEV, June 22 – The Ukrainian cabinet at present is drawing up the legal basis for the privatization of regional electricity supply and heat generation companies, First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev said at a press conference attended by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, which was devoted to the results of the first 100 days of work of the Ukrainian government.