KIEV, Dec. 21 - President Viktor Yushchenko will hold a meeting with leaders of the government and Parliament Thursday to discuss steps Ukraine should take if natural gas dispute with Russia gets out of control.

KIEV, Dec. 21 - Ukraine will soon sign protocols with Slovakia and Romania on the arrangements for selling the incomplete Kryvy Rih Oxidized Ore Mining and Beneficiation Plant.

KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ Ukraine intends to invest significant sums in the development of oil and gas in Libya, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk said in Libya on Monday after his talks with Libyan Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Shalgam.

KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ The Ukrainian government has decided to call a tender for the right to sign a production sharing agreement (PSA) for prospecting of the oil and gas deposits in the Black Sea shelf located on the territory of Ukraine in the Kerch zone, and adopted the procedure of the tender, Environment Minister Pavel Ihnatenko told the press.

KIEV, Dec. 20 ??“ Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko led Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to admit during a live television debate Monday that he had been jailed in the past.

KIEV, Dec. 20 ??“ Parliament urged the Prosecutor General and the security service SBU to investigate reports that hundreds of alleged supporters of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych may be plotting terrorist attacks to disrupt Dec. 26 vote.

KIEV, Dec. 20 ??“ Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko virtually eliminated Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych on economic issues and for election fraud during a televised debate Monday.

DONETSK, Dec. 21 - Supporters of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko traveling in a convoy of 50 orange-draped cars, ran into a roadblock of his rival's backers Tuesday and failed to carry their campaign into this industrial city ??” a center of opposition to Yushchenko.

KYIV, Nov 20 – The Japanese government has transferred to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs 40 vehicles and special equipment that will help in demining territories affected by Russian military aggression, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.

KYIV, Nov 20 – Polish protesters on the Ukrainian-Polish border have numerous times blocked the movement of fuel tanks and trucks with humanitarian cargo, Ukraine has sent information about such cases to the Polish authorities, Deputy Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine Serhiy Derkach said on Sunday, November 19, in the evening.