KHARKIV, May 21 – Kharkiv’s Kyivsky District Court has postponed its hearing of the case involving the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko until June 25.

KIEV, May 21 – The world will change its opinion about Ukraine for the better after the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, according to President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, May 21 - President Viktor Yanukovych said that Kiev still hopes for success at its talks with Moscow on gas deliveries.

KIEV, May 21 – A mission from the International Monetary Fund led by Christopher Jarvis has arrived in Ukraine to conclude discussions on the 2012 Article IV consultation (commitments with respect to the exchange rate regime), the IMF Resident Representative Office in Ukraine reported.

KIEV, May 21 - European officials who met this week with imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that authorities are impinging on her privacy, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, May 21 - Ukraine will seek to postpone any hike in natural gas prices for households until after the government introduces energy conservation measures and financial assistance to the poor, a senior official said Monday.

NEW YORK, May 21 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, at a summit in Chicago, expressed concern about selective justice and politically motivated prosecutions in Ukraine, sending a strong message to President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, May 21 – The State Statistics Committee said it will publish its first data on the pace of GDP in 2009 at the end of June – on the 90th day of the report period – for Q1.

KIEV, May 21 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko left for Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on Thursday to join a meeting of the council of prime ministers of the Commonweals of Independent States, the government reported.

After the meeting of the Council on Friday, Tymoshenko is scheduled to hold a separate meeting with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss cooperation in natural gas sector between the two countries, the government said.

KIEV, May 21 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday eased her pressure to replace Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov after consultations between groups had showed the coalition does not control enough votes to appoint new ministers.