KIEV, Aug. 21 – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius has said that Russia should respect Ukraine's sovereign choice in the field of European integration and described as unacceptable any pressure on Kiev related to the possible signing of the Association Agreement with the EU.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will travel to Moscow on Monday for talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev as worries remain that the trade dispute between the two countries may escalate again.

ZAPORIZHIA, Aug. 20 – Quarantine has been introduced in the village of Voznesenka, Melitopol district, Zaporizhia region, after the owners of a cow infected with anthrax sold its meat in the trade network, the press service of Melitopol City Council reported.

KIEV, Aug. 22 - Ukraine should develop a network of small hydro power plants across the country to help meet peak demand and to reduce the overall cost of power, President Viktor Yanukovych said Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – More than 40 students are staging a protest outside the building of the Cabinet of Ministers and demanding that the government cancel its instruction No. 526 dated July 13 on the change of indexing of the population's incomes, including students' stipends.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – President Viktor Yanukovych used the Russian language on Wednesday to address the people in Kharkiv while opening a monument dedicated to Ukraine’s independence at the city’s downtown square.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – President Viktor Yanukovych has said that Ukraine has taken an unequivocal choice in its foreign policy – drawing closer to Europe, the Ukrainian president has said in an exclusive article for the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine (Mirror Weekly Ukraine) newspaper.

KIEV, Aug. 22 - Talks on Venezuelan oil shipments are to be held during President Viktor Yanukovych's upcoming visit to Venezuela, an informed source told Interfax.

KIEV, Aug. 22 - Nine companies submitted bids for conducting a feasibility study for a planned liquefied natural gas terminal on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, the State Investment and National Projects Management Agency said Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 23 - Ukraine’s talks with Russia over natural gas prices may soon be entering the final stage and will be joined by President Viktor Yanukovych, Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said Monday.