KIEV, June 23 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s supporters plan a massive rally Friday in Kiev as a court prepares to begin hearing a case in which she is accused of exceeding authority while negotiating a natural gas deal with Russia in 2009.

KIEV, June 22 – Ukraine needs confirmation of its chances for membership in the European Union, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

At a meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Kiev on Wednesday, Yanukovych stressed that the key issues on the agenda of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU is the liberalization of visa regime, creation of free trade area and signing of the Association Agreement.

LVIV, June 21 – Ukraine is ready to tackle any outbreak of influenza and has enough stocks of the necessary medicines, Health Minister Zynoviy Mytnyk said.

KIEV, June 21 – The Cabinet of Ministers has simplified the procedure for crossing the border during the holding of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.

These changes are aimed at simplifying border controls during the preparations for and the holding of the Euro 2012 finals in Ukraine.

KIEV, June 23 – The government over the first hundred days of its activities has done everything to divide the Ukrainian economy between "a cluster of oligarchs,” a prominent opposition leader charged Wednesday.

KIEV, June 23 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday for talks over oil transit and many other issues, he said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 23 – President Viktor Yanukovych will within days submit a bill to Parliament that would seek to change the country’s electoral system to the apparent benefit of his Regions Party.

KIEV, June 23 – Belarus on Wednesday paid its outstanding debt for Russian natural gas supplies, narrowly averting a showdown that could have shut down about 20% of Gazprom’s gas exports to the European Union.

KIEV, June 23 – Russian crude oil supplies to Europe via Ukrainian pipelines haven’t been affected by a management dispute at UkrTransNafta, the state-owned oil shipper, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 23 – Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported the resignation of Transportation Minister Yosyp Vinskiy, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who has been unable to make new appointments due to lack of legislative support.