SKOPJE (Macedonia), Nov. 17 ??“ The council of ministers of the Energy Community has given Ukraine observer status, Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko told the press in Skopje on Friday.

SKOPJE (Macedonia), Nov. 17 ??“ Ukraine wants to deepen energy cooperation with the European Union, according to Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 20 ??“ Ukraine, with its vast natural gas and oil pipelines and storage tanks, should become an active member of European Union??™s energy treaty, a top security advisor to President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 20 ??“ Internal Affairs Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, a loyalist to President Viktor Yushchenko, on Monday was found guilty on two counts of corruption allegations in a controversial district court ruling in Kiev, lawyers said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 ??“ The U.S. Senate approved a motion seeking to repeal the Jackson-Vanik provision on Ukraine, a sign that trade restrictions imposed 31 years ago may soon end, RIA Novosti, a Russian newswire, reported Saturday.

KIEV, Nov. 18 ??“ A Kiev court ruled Friday to reinstate Sviatoslav Piskun as the prosecutor general in a move that may lead to a legal clash in which two people hold the same position. The ruling is a setback for President Yushchenko who sacked Piskun Oct. 14

KIEV, Nov. 20 ??“ A major split emerged in a group led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday after a key ally had alleged some group members may have been involved in corruption.

MOSCOW, Nov. 18 - The Kharkiv State Aircraft Production Association (KhGAPP) will display a family of An-74TK aircraft at the Dubai Air Show 2005 to be held in the United Arab Emirates on Nov. 20-24, the company announced.

KYIV, Oct 18 – The German Federal Government has made adjustments to the list of weapons and military equipment that are being sent to Ukraine in accordance with the next deliveries, as reported in a review published on the government website on October 17.

KYIV, Oct 19 - A video purporting to show dozens of North Korean recruits lining up to collect Russian military fatigues has been released by Ukrainian officials, who say it shows the introduction of troops sent by Pyongyang into the conflict.