BRUSSELS, Nov. 18 – The EU Foreign Affairs Defense Council has said that ongoing conflicts and instability in Middle East, Africa along with Ukraine, remain a particular cause for great concern of the EU member states.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The National Guard will receive 50 mobile accommodation places and heating points as a part of the process of rearmament and purchase of new technical means for the Ukrainian army by the end of 2014, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have signed a protocol of the fourth meeting of the council of the presidents of Ukraine and Azerbaijan, which outlines the results of the discussion of major issues put on the agenda of Ukrainian-Azerbaijani relations, the press service of the Ukrainian president has reported.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution which urges Ukraine's government to free former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the EU member states to include the ex-premier's release as an important criterion for the signing of the Association Agreement.

KIEV, Nov. 19 - Parliament failed to break a deadlock on Tuesday over freeing jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, with deputies openly recognizing that a landmark trade deal with the European Union may not be signed as scheduled next week.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The planned EU-Ukraine summit will take place under any circumstances, and its date will be announced soon, said Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, Ukraine's envoy to the EU.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – President Viktor Yushchenko and Chief of the National Security Bureau of Poland Aleksander Szczyglo in Kiev on Wednesday discussed issues related to global and regional security and prospects for the implementation of joint projects in the energy sector.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The price of Russian imported gas for Ukraine in Q1 2010 will grow to $270-300 per thousand cubic meters compared to $208.1 per thousand cubic meters in Q4 2009, according to Bohdan Sokolovsky, the presidential representative for international energy security.

KIEV, Nov. 19 - Ukraine’s ability to move Russian natural gas to markets in the European Union may be in jeopardy next year unless Kiev and Moscow renegotiate their gas agreement, President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday.

YALTA, Nov. 19 – Russia will not be enforcing penalties against Ukraine for lower-than-expected natural gas imports this year due to the “special” relationship between the two countries, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday.