KIEV, Jan. 24 – Ukraine will continue to work to increase domestic production of energy resources, President Viktor Yanukovych said in an exclusive interview for the joint project of The New York Times News Service & Syndicate and Segodnya Multimedia - "Ukraine and the World in 2012. Global Agenda."

KIEV, Jan. 24 – President Viktor Yanukovych has said that the Ukrainian authorities intend to maintain the dynamics of economic growth in 2012 and said the public will see real positive results from current reforms.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov last week submitted his resignation, but President Viktor Yanukovych refused to accept it, a news agency reported Tuesday, citing a source.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – A Ukrainian government team left for Washington on Tuesday seeking to persuade the International Monetary Fund to resume its $15.5 billion lending program without hiking domestic natural gas prices.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – President Viktor Yanukovych, addressing a Kiev rally, called upon Ukraine "to move from a false choice between the various global centers of influence to the implementation of a balanced policy aimed at defending our national interests in relations with Ukraine's key international partners."

KIEV, Jan. 24 – Alexander Lebedev, a Russian with extensive business assets in Ukraine, has called on the International Monetary Fund to crack down on corruption and ensure investor protection in the country.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said it was checking whether Ukrainian nationals were among the victims of an apparent terrorist attack at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, the ministry reported.

SEVASTOPOL, Jan. 21 – The Command of Ukraine's Naval Forces has said it is ready to take part in the European Union's Atalanta Operation on fighting piracy.

Interfax-Ukraine learned this from the spokesman for Ukraine's Naval Forces.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – The International Monetary Fund is ready to work with any Ukrainian leadership and it welcomes presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych's readiness to continue cooperation with the Fund if elected president, said Caroline Atkinson, the IMF's Director for External Relations.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – The administration of Arcelor Mittal Kryviy Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) says it is continuing to settle the issues of increasing workers' wages and is realizing a policy to improve health and safety standards.