KIEV, Feb. 22 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday dismissed Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy from the post of finance minister and appointed him first deputy prime minister, the presidential press service reported.

MOSCOW, Feb. 22 – Days after resuming natural gas price talks, Russia on Wednesday suddenly accelerated pressure on Ukraine, threatening to reduce to ‘zero’ shipments of its gas via Ukrainian pipelines within years.

KIEV, Feb. 21 – The Main Investigatory Department of the Prosecutor General's Office said it has completed its pre-trial investigation into a criminal case on abuse of power against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Feb. 22 – The Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry on Tuesday scrambled to deny a report that Ukrainian pilots have flown Libya’s planes attacking peaceful demonstrators seeking dismissal of Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi.

KIEV, Feb. 22 - The U.S. government will pay for an upcoming geological survey of Ukraine’s potential energy resources, including shale gas deposits, the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 22 - Ukraine plans to turn its national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny into a publicly traded company by selling some of its shares at an IPO, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Feb. 19 - Ukraine's new leadership under president-elect Viktor Yanukovych will hopefully strengthen economic and trade ties with Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said.

KIEV, Feb. 22 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday launched a desperate attempt to stay in power despite declared plans by President-elect Viktor Yanukovych to reshuffle the government and to create a new coalition.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – The European Union will remain a main trade partner for Ukraine under President Viktor Yanukovych, the deputy chairman of Parliament’s committee for international affairs, Regions Party MP Leonid Kozhara, said.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – Deputy Parliament Speaker Mykola Tomenko has asked Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko to consider the possibility of restarting a visa regime for European Union citizens in accordance with the provisions of the Ukraine-EU visa facilitation agreement, Tomenko's press service reported on Thursday.