KIEV, March 21 ??“ Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko had a secret meeting with leaders of pro-government group Our Ukraine last week seeking to form a coalition after Sunday general election, a senior aide said Tuesday.

MINSK, March 21 ??“ Police arrested more than 20 opposition activists in Belarus early Tuesday in what appears to be the first confrontation between the authorities and opposition groups since the disputed presidential election on Sunday.

KIEV, March 21 ??“ The leader of TransDnistria, Moldova??™s breakaway republic, on Tuesday urged Russia to intervene to prevent economic collapse in the region following a border and trade conflict with Ukraine.

DNIPRODZERZHYNSK, March 21 ??“ Ukraine plans to more than double production of uranium within the next five years to meet a growing demand from the country??™s nuclear power industry, an official said.

KIEV, March 21 ??“ Ukraine will probably allow its power generating companies to export electricity directly and without a state-owned intermediary that had been handling this was decade, according to Energy and Fuel Minister Ivan Plachkov.

KIEV, March 19 ??“ Ukraine will focus on signing a free-trade agreement with Russia in order to boost its exports and reduce a growing trade deficit, President Viktor Yushchenko said Saturday.

KIEV, March 18 ??“ The U.S. and Japan are seeking more information from Ukraine after the country admitted Friday at least 18 its nuclear-capable cruise missiles had been smuggled into Iran and China in 2001.

KIEV, March 19 ??“ Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday accepted a plan for Western companies to enter a natural gas pipeline joint venture with Ukraine, but indicated Russia wasn??™t ready to surrender its 50% stake.

KYIV, Feb 21 – In January of this year, citizens of Ukraine improved their assessment of both the economic situation in the country and the level of well-being of their own family: while in December last year, 66.5% and 37%, respectively, assessed them as "very bad" or "quite bad," then last month these indicators improved by 57.1% and 32%, according to the report based on the results of a survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center.

KYIV, Feb 21 – Ukrainians' assessment of their own psychological state indicates a significant improvement in their psychological state compared to the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, according to a report based on the results of a survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center.