KIEV, Sept. 20 - President Viktor Yushchenko suffered a blow on Tuesday when Parliament had refused to approve his protégé Yuriy Yekhanurov as the new prime minister, a move likely to increase political tensions in Ukraine.

LVIV, Sept. 20 - Lviv local authorities have submitted an appeal against an economic court ruling that banned the construction of a hypermarket by the METRO Cash & Carry company, Lviv deputy mayor for city construction and land use Vasyl Lozynskiy snnounced, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - The Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant (Donetsk region), a producer of large-diameter antirust oil and gas pipes, is to participate in a tender to supply pipes to build the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.

VIENNA, Sept 20 - Simon Wiesenthal, who waged an untiring campaign to track down Nazi war criminals and keep alive the memory of six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, died on Tuesday at the age of 96.

KYIV, Aug 19 – From November 1, Ukrainian electronic visas (e-Visas) will be issued according to a new and convenient procedure, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

KYIV, Aug 20 – The State Commission on Manmade Disaster and Emergency Response has established a new epidemic zoning in Ukraine from August 24.

KYIV, Aug 20 – The initiative of President Volodymyr Zelensky to raise the minimum wage is supported by the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine, First Deputy Chairman of the Joint Representative Body of Trade Union Associations, Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine Oleksandr Shubin has said.

KYIV, Aug 20 - Ukraine registered 2,134 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a new daily record for infections in the country, Reuters reported on Thursday citing Health Minister Maksym Stepanov.

KYIV, Aug. 20 - Israeli and Ukrainian leaders have come to the defense of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara after she appeared to toss away a piece of bread offered to her at an official Ukrainian welcoming ceremony, Reuters reported.

PARIS, Aug. 20 - French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday agreed changes in Ukraine had bolstered the chances of peace in its east, AFP reported.