KIEV, May 23 ??“ Oleksandr Turchynov, the No. 2 man in the opposition group led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, was appointed as deputy secretary of the presidential top security body.

KIEV, May 23 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday questioned legitimacy of the Constitutional Court ahead of its ruling over the presidential decree that had dissolved Parliament and called for early election.

KIEV, May 23 ??“ Ukraine will probably go ahead with natural gas price hikes for households despite threats by trade unions to launch massive rally to protest the increase, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Tuesday.

KIEV, May 23 - Ukraine will seek to sign an agreement with Russia by the end of the next month to prevent a clash over natural gas prices later this year, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Tuesday.

KIEV, May 23 - Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova at a summit on Tuesday decided to strengthen their alliance that is expected to play a key role in establishing alternative energy supplies to the European Union.

KIEV, May 20 ??“ The National Security and Defense Council, a body that advises the president on strategic issues, called for urgent measures to prevent a looming failure to join the World Trade Organization this year.

WASHINGTON, May 22 ??“ Amid concerns over tight global oil supply, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman will travel this week to Russia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine to discuss oil infrastructure projects.

KIEV, May 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko clashed over ways of regulating the gasoline crisis at a meeting with Russian oil companies Thursday and Yushchenko prevailed, a newspaper reported Saturday, citing sources.

KYIV, April 22 – In Kharkiv region, up to a hundred settlements out of approximately 500 that have been de-energized since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine remain without electricity, acting General Director of JSC Kharkivoblenergo Viacheslav Kravtsov has said.

BRUSSELS, April 23 – The European Parliament finally voted and supported the proposal of the European Commission, modified during negotiations with the Council of the EU, to extend for another year, until June 5, 2025, the liberal trade regime with Ukraine, aimed at stabilizing the Ukrainian economy and gradual integration of the country into the EU internal market.