KIEV, Oct. 16 – The next mission of the International Monetary Fund is expected to come to Kiev for the second review of the extended fund facility (EFF) and for the disbursement of the third tranche worth $1.7 billion after the local elections scheduled for October 25 are held, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

KIEV, Oct. 16 - Ukraine has managed to achieve macroeconomic stability, while simultaneously the country needs more international financial assistance in the amount of at least $7.5 billion to restore economic growth, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

KIEV, Oct. 19 – During his visit to Washington, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin met with National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, and Coordinator for Sanctions Policy Daniel Fried.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - Ukraine and Russia may sign a new natural gas deal, which is supposed to lower gas prices, before the end of the month, President Viktor Yanukovych said Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 19 – Ukraine has failed in its attempt to get Russia to lift key commodity restrictions in effect for the past 15 years.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Russian television Wednesday that the free trade agreement signed between Russia, Ukraine and six other nations of the former Soviet Union on Tuesday excludes crucial commodities such as oil, gas and sugar.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – The Regions Party has declared that the article under which former Prime Minister Tymoshenko was convicted will not be decriminalized even after the adoption a new version of Criminal Procedural and Criminal Codes.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 18 – The postponement of a visit by President Viktor Yanukovych to Brussels might start "a serious cooling of bilateral relations," said Pawel Kowal, head of the delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Tuesday he was hopeful of further lowering natural gas prices for Ukraine soon despite Russia’s original refusal to re-negotiate the 10-year gas agreement.

The comment comes ahead of Azarov’s meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin due in Kiev on October 27 as both plan to discuss the natural gas sector.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - Bohdan Danylyshyn, a former economy minister and the key ally of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshneko, on Tuesday was detained in the Czech Republic at the request of Ukrainian authorities.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - Lawmakers loyal to President Viktor Yanukovych seek to change Ukraine’s constitution - again – this time by postponing presidential and general elections for months, a move that would give them extra time on their posts.