KIEV, June 23 – Ukraine, Poland and Belarus on Tuesday pledged to create a regional alliance that would promote joint energy projects reducing dependence on Russian crude oil and natural gas supplies.

KIEV, June 23 – Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to set the next presidential election on January 17, 2010, the only date that President Viktor Yushchenko had earlier defended as “constitutional.”

KIEV, June 22 – Ukraine hopes to step up its trade and economic cooperation with China, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

"We hope that our mutual relations will continue developing actively as well, but apart from that, we hope to step up cooperation concerning potential investment in Ukraine's economy by Chinese businessmen," she said at a meeting with Chinese delegates in Kiev on Monday.

LVIV, June 23 - A major storm killed four people Monday in western Ukraine and brought trees and power lines crashing to the ground, forcing the government to send teams of rescue workers to the area.

KIEV, June 20 – When the law on customs tariffs comes into force, Ukraine will stop meeting its commitments to the World Trade Organization and WTO member states will impose sanctions on it, Oleksandr Shlapak, first deputy head of the presidential secretariat warned.

LISBON, June 23 - President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday that he believes Kiev is on target to achieve the first stage towards North Atlantic Treaty Organization membership in December.

KIEV, June 20 ??“ Doctors will give a high dose of dioxin to mice to see when will the poisoning trigger first symptoms as part of an investigation into the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko, his doctor said Monday.

KIEV, June 22 ??“ Ihor Pluzhnikov, a lawmaker who is thought to own 79% of Inter, Ukraine??™s most popular television channel, died on Wednesday in a German hospital, lawmakers said.

PARIS, June 22 ??“ Ukraine and France will hold a high-profile energy conference in September to spearhead cooperation between the two in natural gas, oil and nuclear power sectors, President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 22 ??“ The Ukrainian government will shortly hold an emergency meeting to look into natural gas import settlements. The emergency resulted after Turkmenistan had accused a Ukrainian company of running a $600 million debt.