KIEV, March 24 – Russia on Tuesday postponed indefinitely talks with Ukraine on a number of economic and trade issues in apparent reaction to the country’s plans for closer cooperation with the European Union in the energy sector.

KIEV, March 24 – The Finance Ministry is considering an issue of state bonds to raise funds from individuals to finance preparations for the European Football Championship in 2012, said Oleksandr Shlapak, first deputy head of the presidential secretariat.

KIEV, March 24 – Ukraine’s top national security body said Monday it will launch a probe into a recent collision of Ukrainian and Chinese ships near Hong Kong that is feared to have left 18 Ukrainian sailors dead.

KIEV, March 23 - Ukraine will have to focus on making its industry more energy efficient to cope with growing natural gas prices, First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 23 ??“ Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday she expected lawmakers to approve 2005 budget amendments Thursday despite remarks from Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn indicating that the final approval may not come until next week.

KIEV, March 23 - Ukraine and Turkmenistan agreed Wednesday to step up efforts in courting Russia to join a consortium aimed at building a separate natural gas pipeline enabling massive gas exports from Turkmenistan to Europe.

KIEV, March 24 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko has denied reports of the alleged failure of talks with Turkmenistan on gas supplies to Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 24 - In three years of full-scale invasion, Russia has carried out more than 30 massive complex attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities, the total damage from which amounts to billions of dollars.

KYIV, Feb 24 – Norway will allocate EUR 3.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine in 2025, EUR 1 billion for humanitarian support, EUR 300 million for energy, and another EUR 300 million for industrial development, said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

KYIV, Feb 24 – A peace agreement in Ukraine must respect Ukraine's borders and right to self-determination, and Europe must urgently step up efforts to ensure its own security, says a joint statement by the foreign ministers of eight Nordic countries (N8): Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway.