PRAUGUE, Dec. 20 - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas has said that the Czech Republic supports Ukraine in its European Union membership aspirations.

"Ukraine is a priority in our foreign relations and foreign trade," Necas said at a press conference in Prague on Monday after meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, Dec. 20 – The European Court of Human Rights decided to fast track an application from former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko concerning her arrest in Kiev, Interfax reported.

KIEV, Dec. 21 – Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the largest opposition party who is appealing her seven-year jail sentence, called on opposition groups to unite and run as a single party at parliamentary elections in October 2012.

KIEV, Dec. 21 – A group of 53 MPs has appealed to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine for the Tax Code to be declared unconstitutional, as the document was adopted in violation of Article 15 of the constitution and is of a discriminatory character, the press service of the parliamentary committee for industrial and regulatory policy and entrepreneurship reported.

KIEV, Dec. 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday nominated Serhiy Arbuzov, a long-time personal ally, as the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, after Volodymyr Stelmakh submitted his resignation.

KIEV, Dec. 21 - The government on Tuesday scrambled to assure foreign investors that it has successfully replenished the money on its environmental account that it claims had been earlier misused by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Dec. 21 – The Prosecutor General’s Office will address Parliament on Wednesday on the progress it has made on the investigation of a recent attack by pro-government lawmakers that left four opposition lawmakers hospitalized.

KIEV, Dec. 21 – At least 27 people were killed by heavy snowstorms that have swept Ukraine over the past five days, wrecking havoc on cities and villages, the Healthcare Ministry reported Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 21 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko changed plans Monday and sought to dramatically accelerate the approval of the 2010 budget in Parliament as talks stumbled with the International Monetary Fund over resumption of lending.

KIEV, Dec. 18 – The gross international reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine have exceeded $32.8 billion due to the strengthening of the euro against the U.S. dollar on international markets, NBU Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko said.