ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 19 – The organizers of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship in Ukraine and Poland must jointly solve the problem of entry visas for football fans, said Union of European Football Associations President Michel Platini.

KIEV, Jan. 20 - Ukraine will accelerate efforts to get alternative sources of energy as Russia’s refusal to reduce natural gas prices now threatens the national security, the country’s top security body declared Friday.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - President Viktor Yanukovych appeared on Sunday to rule out any prospect of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko being freed, saying those responsible for signing a 2009 gas deal with Russia on "enslaving" terms should be punished.

KIEV, Jan. 21 - The owner of the Ukrainian vessel Faina, which is being held by Somali pirates, has decided to increase the size of the ransom he is prepared to pay for the vessel's release.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – The National Bank of Ukraine may allocate another $4.5 billion in Q1 to make currency exchange market interventions, according to the head of the central bank's group of advisers, Valeriy Lytvytsky.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – A Kiev court on Thursday banned the National Bank of Ukraine from releasing 3 billion hryvnias in refinancing cash to Nadra Bank, which that has been facing increasing pressure on its deposits.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Ukraine’s top security body may postpone its scheduled meeting to review the recent natural gas deal with Russia as international pressure on Kiev has been mounting to leave the deal untouched.

CHERNIHIV, Jan. 20 – Ukraine will resume electricity supplies to Belarus, President Viktor Yushchenko said.

"We agreed that Ukraine would resume electricity supplies to Belarus," he said at a joint press conference with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Chernihiv on Tuesday, following Ukrainian-Belarusan talks.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - Ukraine could introduce auctions to sell access to interstate power transmission lines to export electricity and restrictions on the minimum price of exported electricity.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – The Regions Party, Ukraine’s largest opposition group, on Tuesday agreed to nominate its members to the National Constitutional Council, a panel created by President Viktor Yushchenko for re-writing the country’s constitution.