KIEV, Sept. 23 - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will issue a grant of $103.9 million to two non-governmental organizations to finance programs on fighting HIV and AIDS in Ukraine for the period until 2012.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 – President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday he had received assurances from Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO Secretary General, that Russia will not be able to block Ukraine’s accession to the alliance.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 – Russia may again resort to suspending natural gas supplies to Ukraine in the middle of the winter as a way of putting pressure on the country, President Viktor Yushchenko warned Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 – President Viktor Yushchenko said Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, jointly with the opposition Regions Party, are seeking to remove him from the presidency this year in a bid to reverse Ukraine’s pro-Western foreign policy.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – The Central Election Commission, dominated by loyalists of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, late Friday accused President Viktor Yushchenko of illegally campaigning for his party ahead of the Sept. 30 election.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – A sharp exchange between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych over alleged election fraud erupted over the weekend, signaling a standoff is looming ahead of the Sept. 30 election.

KYIV, Aug 22 – A well-armed Ukraine is the best long-term investment in European security, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.

"German MPs representing all three ruling parties Sarah Nanni, Alexander Müller, Kristian Klinck are absolutely right in their call to provide Ukraine with maximum military aid. A well-armed Ukraine is the best long-term investment in the security of Europe," Kuleba said on Twitter in response to the call deputies of the Bundestag to increase military assistance to Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 22 – A large consignment of 25,000 potassium iodide tablets to protect people from radioactive contamination was delivered to the Russian-occupied city of Enerhodar, Zaporizhia region, where Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is located, Mayor of the town Dmytro Orlov has said, stressing that at present, the radiation the background in the town is not exceeded.

KYIV, Aug 22 – About 60 countries and international organizations will take part in the second summit of the International Crimea Platform on August 23, including about 40 at the level of presidents and prime ministers, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.

KYIV, Aug 22 – Head of the President’s Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak presented the "Kyiv Initiative" in Kyiv on Monday, a format for discussing security challenges in Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary.