KIEV, Oct. 22 - President Petro Poroshenko's bloc holds a big lead ahead of Ukraine's election on Sunday while a rising populist party looks set to take second place, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

LUXEMBURG, Oct. 21 – Ukraine has achieved great success in the fulfillment of the conditions necessary for the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union, but some of EU member states – the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Sweden – will not take a positive decision until Ukraine frees former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – Ukraine and the European Union will create a working group to work out options for cooperation as a part of the formation of the global tax information automatic exchange system, the Income and Tax Ministry reported.

KIEV, Oct. 22 - Ukraine accumulated 17.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its underground storage facilities as of October 22, less than planned, due to rising demand in Europe, a Naftogaz Ukrayiny official said Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct 22 - Two European Union ministers urged Ukraine on Tuesday to stop "bluffing" and reach a deal on the release of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko because time was running out, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 19 – President Viktor Yanukovych and his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff have discussed by phone the prospects for cooperation between the two countries in the space sector, in particular, the question of implementing the Cyclone-4-Alcantara project.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 22 – A deep and comprehensive free trade area with the EU is better for Ukraine than the Customs Union with Russia, said Kim Campbell, former Canadian Prime Minister and head of the International Advisory Board of Ukraine's Foundation for Effective Governance.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – Russia is awaiting an estimate of the market price of the Ukrainian natural gas pipeline, as parties on Monday failed to make progress in talks over gas prices.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – Recently appointed Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko will pay a visit to Moscow on Friday in an attempt to renew dialogue between Moscow and Kiev, a Russian news agency reported Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko says he is currently more optimistic about the economic situation in Ukraine than had been expected at the beginning of the year.