NOVOHRAD-VOLYNSKY, Aug. 26 – Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said he sees no tragedy in the postponement of a visit by the International Monetary Fund mission to Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – The question of the unification of the Strong Ukraine Party with the Regions Party is being discussed inside the party, and a final decision is yet to be taken, Strong Ukraine Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said on Ukraine's Inter TV Channel.

KIEV, Aug. 29 - Ukraine and Poland will be ready to host the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) European Football Championship in 2012, said UEFA President Michel Platini.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – A Ukrainian journalist was stabbed twice with a knife and hospitalized in Zhytomyr on Friday while pursuing a story on corruption among local lawmakers.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – The rift between President Viktor Yanukovych and Medjlis, the ruling body of Crimean Tatars, the third-largest ethnic group in Crimea, widened on Sunday, threatening to undermine efforts to improve local policies.

KIEV, Aug. 29 - Ukraine’s largest opposition group Wednesday called for an investigation into the circumstances of the recent acquisition by Rinat Akhmetov, the wealthiest Ukrainian, of a 39.7% stake in the country’s biggest fossil burning power generator.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – President Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense party on Wednesday accused the government of plotting to split the group and spread confusion among voters one month before the Sept. 30 election.

KIEV, Aug. 29 ??“ There are no macroeconomic reasons to make a significant change to the current hryvnia exchange rate, according to First Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Chairman Anatoliy Shapovalov.

ASHGABAT, Aug. 29 - Turkmenistan has set up a state commission for investigating the circumstances of the illegal supply of 500 million cubic meters of gas to Ukraine in 2003.

SLAVUTYCH, Aug. 29 - The construction of a new Shelter facility at Chernobyl nuclear power plant will cost ?1.09 billion, Emergency Situations Minister David Zhvania told reporters in Slavutych (Kyiv region).