KIEV, Oct. 18 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will seek to combine duties of the president and prime minister if she wins the next presidential election, a person familiar with Tymoshenko’s strategy said Saturday.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – Ukraine’s presidential election campaign is set to begin on Monday, but reports suggest the Constitutional Court is about to rule to demand changes to controversial legislation governing the election.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Details have emerged about the division of governmental power specified in the coalition agreement between the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc and Our Ukraine-People's Self-defense, headed by President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – The office of President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday criticized some defense and economic initiatives of Yulia Tymoshenko, the likely new prime minister, complaining the initiatives may simply not be viable.

KIEV, Oct. 16 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will meet in Belgorod, Russia, on Oct. 18-19, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Deschytsia said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - Ukraine is to become a full member of the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) in December 2008, head of the State aviation administration Anatoliy Kolesnyk said during a press conference on Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ Parliament has given first-reading approval to a bill on the conditions for privatizing small hydro power plants.

ASTANA, Oct. 18 ??“ Kazakhstan Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov has criticized the Kazakh airline, Skat, for purchasing seven Ukrainian An-148 planes.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ The government has recommended that the National Electricity Regulatory Commission effective Nov. 1 set a maximum wholesale price of natural gas for households that do not use it for heating at UAH339 per thousand cubic meters instead of the current price of UAH414 per thousand cu m.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday used his constitutional power and submitted to Parliament legislation that is required for Ukraine to join the World Trade Organization.