KIEV, Oct. 26 – The Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, Ukrainian Grain Association, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association have asked President Viktor Yanukovych to return draft law No. 10222 passed by Parliament on October 16 for revision.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - Jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched a hunger strike on Monday to protest against alleged vote-rigging in favor of President Viktor Yanukovych's party in this weekend’s election.

Exit polls and partial results from Sunday's vote showed Yanukovych's Regions Party would, with help from long-time allies, win more than half the seats in the 450-member assembly.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - President Victor Yanukovich's Regions Party was on course on Monday to secure a new parliamentary majority, but international monitors condemned the election as flawed and a step back.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - The government will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss an unknown flu-like illness that has already killed 30 people in three of the country’s western regions, with thousands potentially infected.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday began desperately seeking to put international pressure on President Viktor Yushchenko to force him to veto a controversial social spending bill.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – Yulia Tymoshenko's government has tripled Ukraine's state debt, and the prospect of default is more probable, according to Sergiy Tihipko, a former governor of the National Bank of Ukraine and one of the potential candidates for the Ukrainian presidency.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - The International Monetary Fund will grant Ukraine a loan at a yearly interest of 4% for 15 years, deputy parliamentary speaker Mykola Tomenko said on Channel Five television on Tuesday evening.

"There have been various fantastic allegations that we are taking out a loan for a year at 100% interest. If the Verkhovna Rada votes for this bill, we will take out this loan at 4% for 15 years," Tomenko said.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Parliament on Wednesday rejected amendments to the 2008 budget that call for releasing 417 million hryvnias for the snap election in December, a blow for President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Parliament on Wednesday voted to approve in the first reading anti-crisis legislation needed for securing a $16.5 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund, with final approval expected on Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – The hryvnia plummeted against the U.S. dollar Wednesday after Volodymyr Stelmakh, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, admitted that failure to secure a loan from the International Monetary Fund may trigger default on debts.