KIEV, Nov. 19 – Ukraine's current population was 45,559,235 people as of October 1, 2012, while the permanent population was 45,378,880 people, which was 177 people more than on September 1, 2012, the State Statistics Service stated on its official Web site.

KIEV, Nov. 20 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will travel to Moscow on Wednesday for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to discuss natural gas sector issues, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 20 - Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko asked international medical organizations Friday to help examine and treat her worsening health conditions, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, Nov. 20 – Arseniy Yatseniuk, the leader of Ukraine’s second most popular opposition group, called on smaller opposition groups to join forces ahead of the October 2012 general election to defeat the pro-government Regions Party.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 17 – The European Union has implied that the situation with decriminalization of the article of the Criminal Code under which former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko was convicted will be considered during the preparations for the Ukraine-EU summit scheduled for December 19 in Kiev.

KHARKIV, Nov. 20 – The state should retain control of Kharkiv-based Turboatom, said President Viktor Yushchenko.

"We're not going to give this company to anyone, as the company is our flagship," the president said, speaking at the plant on Wednesday.

He said that Kharkiv-made turbines are operating in dozen of states, adding that the plant's products are in very short supply and demand for them is always present.

KIEV, Nov. 20 – The European Commission has said that political stability in Ukraine will help the country integrate with the European Union more quickly.

"We would like to see more political stability in your country – it would be easier for you to advance to the European Union under such conditions.

KIEV, Nov. 20 – The hryvnia lost more than 5% of its value against the U.S. dollar Thursday as the National Bank of Ukraine had refused to spend its forex reserves to support the local currency.

KIEV, Nov. 20 – Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom, in a special statement, said Thursday it may hike natural gas prices for Ukraine by 122% to more than $400 per 1,000 cubic meters in 2009.

KIEV, Nov. 19 - Ukraine should increase energy prices for domestic consumers, as bringing them to the market level is the most powerful stimulus for launching energy-saving technologies and the safer use of oil, gas and electricity, according to Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Jacek Kluczkowski.