KIEV, April 22 – Two Ukrainian pilots along with seven Turkish workers may have been abducted by Taliban in eastern Afghanistan when a Russian-made helicopter resorted to emergency landing, Russian radio reported Monday, citing a local official.

KIEV, April 22 - Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose jailing last year damaged Ukraine's ties with the West, was returned to prison after refusing to be treated for back pain at a state-run hospital.

KIEV, April 20 – The state budget deficit must be limited to 4.5% of GDP in 2011, while the redistribution of GDP via the budget must not exceed 30.5% of GDP, according to a budget declaration adopted under a cabinet resolution announced on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 21 – The hryvnia exchange rate will most likely stay at its present level in Q2, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the National Bank of Ukraine's governor.

KIEV, April 22 – The project to modernize Ukraine's gas transport system could be an alternative to the South Stream project, President Viktor Yanukovych said on Thursday, stressing that Ukraine would not take any decision to "give away" its gas transport system.

KIEV, April 22 – EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said he sees no threat to the European integration of Ukraine due to the extension of the lease of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea until 2042.

KIEV, April 22 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday accused the government of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of misusing funds raised from selling carbon dioxide emission allowances to Japan last year under the Kyoto Protocol.

KIEV, April 22 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday defended an agreement allowing Russia to extend by 25 years stationing of its naval force in Ukraine in exchange for lowering natural gas prices.

KIEV, April 22 - Ukrainian opposition groups vowed to block the legislature next week to prevent ratification of an agreement that lowers price of Russian natural gas in exchange for extending stationing of Russian navy in Ukraine.

KIEV, April 21 – Ukrainians most of all trust the church (62.2%), the army (28.7%) and the police (16.4%), while the president (5.4%), political parties (3.2%) and the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament (2.7%) are the least trusted by Ukrainian citizens, according to a poll conducted by GfK Ukraine from March 1 through March 15.