KIEV, Jan. 20 – Two unsuccessful presidential candidates whose voters remain prized assets for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday called on their supporters to come to the polls and to reject both.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko, who failed to win reelection, on Wednesday vowed to stay in politics, suggesting he will lead his Our Ukraine party at likely early parliamentary elections within the “next few months.”

KIEV, Jan. 20 - Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday suggested nominating Serhiy Tyhypko, the No. 3 most popular politician, as the next prime minister in the event of her winning the presidential election next month.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – A technical mission of the International Monetary Fund will soon arrive in Ukraine to study the situation in the country and prepare to allocate another tranche of its $17 billion stand-by credit, said Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Parliament has on its second attempt overridden a presidential veto of a law declaring a moratorium on farmland sales until January 1, 2012.

A total of 326 MPs out of the 466 registered in the parliament's session hall on Tuesday voted to overrule the veto.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – The State Tax Administration (STAU) has said that there is a risk of revenues shortfalls from excise fees in the 2009 national budget, and that it supports the increase in excise duties, its press service reported on Monday.

"Excise collection for the general fund of the national budget should be 1.6 times more than last year, while that for the special fund – almost 3.2 times more.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – Interpol is ready to send to Ukraine specialists to ensure security during the Euro 2012 European Football Championship , International Criminal Police Organization Secretary General Ronald Noble said at a meeting with Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn in Kiev.

KIEV, Jan. 20 - Ukraine and Russia should be able to avoid disputes over natural gas supplies and prices during the next 10 years after signing a long-term contract, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – Ukraine’s top security body under President Viktor Yushchenko will get together on Friday to review the latest natural gas agreements between Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Gazprom, Yushchenko said Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – The National JSC Naftogaz Ukrainy's own reserves of natural gas in underground storage facilities make 15 billion cubic meters, first deputy board chairman of the company Ihor Didenko has said.