KIEV, Nov. 22 – The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has invested around EUR 500 million in Ukraine and Poland for organization of the Euro 2012 European Championship, Director of the Euro 2012 Local Organizing Committee in Ukraine Markiyan Lubkivsky said.

KIEV, Nov. 22 - Imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will be allowed to leave her prison temporarily for medical treatment for serious health problems including severe back pain, President Viktor Yanukovych said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 22 – A proposed project to modernize the aging gas pipeline network in Ukraine should go ahead, President Viktor Yanukovych said, but vowed not to cede control of the pipelines to Russia.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 22 - The European Union set conditions Monday for Ukraine to win visa-free travel rights for its citizens while urging Kiev to make progress on human rights, AFP reported.

KIEV, Nov. 22 – Thousands of protesters on Monday joined a rally in downtown Kiev demanding President Viktor Yanukovych veto controversial tax legislation, and vowed to keep the pressure growing until the action is taken.

KIEV, Nov. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko has signed a law restricting currency crediting of individuals, the head of state's press service reported.

The law was initially adopted on June 23, but it was not signed and put up for new voting to eliminate inaccuracies in amendments to the law on the taxation of company profits.

KIEV, Nov. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko has called on political forces to unite to meet commitments to the International Monetary Fund.

"The president is calling on all political forces to unite to completely fulfil [Ukraine's] commitments to the IMF," Presidential Secretariat First Deputy chief Oleksandr Shlapak said at a meeting between the head of state and the G7 ambassadors.

KIEV, Nov. 20 – A U.S. district court has reduced by 11 months the nine-year prison sentence for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, who was convicted in the United States of corruption in Ukraine, the U.S. media have reported.

YALTA, Nov. 20 - Ukraine will increase the fee it charges Russia for transit of its natural gas to the European Union to “market” level for the first time in January 2010, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 22 – President Viktor Yushchenko faced unexpected opposition from his Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense party on Thursday when he suggested nominating his security advisor Ivan Pliushch for speaker of Parliament.