KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ Parliament on Tuesday defeated a bill that is part of a package that had been prepared by the government for Ukraine??™s accession to the World Trade Organization by the end of the year.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ Opposition lawmakers Tuesday joined forces with moderate leftist pro-government groups to approve bills seeking to derail a $2 bln auction selling Kryvorizhstal, Ukraine??™s largest steelmaker, due in less than a week.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ The Turkish hotel chain Rixos is going to build a hotel in Kiev which will meet international standards, but Rixos has not decided on its format yet, Yevhen Samartsev, the chairman of the National Public Tourist and Resort Council, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ The number of mobile phone users in Ukraine by the end of 2005 may top 25 million people, Vasyl Gandabura, the deputy transport and communications minister, said in a statement at the opening ceremony of the 13th international specialized exhibition Information Technologies and Communication 2005, according to a report carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 18 ??“ Ukraine is holding talks with Russia as it seeks to increase Russian oil shipments via Ukrainian pipelines, Energy and Fuel Minister Ivan Plachkov said Tuesday.

KYIV, Sept 17 – From 16 million to 30 million citizens live in the territories controlled by Ukraine, Director of Mykhailo Ptukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ella Libanova said.

KYIV, Sept 17 – The countries of the European Union are planning the possibility of providing Ukraine with EUR 20 billion to EUR 40 billion by the end of this year as an alternative to the plan announced by the G7 in the summer to allocate EUR 50 billion in 2025 from income from frozen Russian assets, the Financial Times reports, citing sources.

KYIV, Sept 17 - Ukrainian prosecutors have launched an investigation into an alleged Russian execution of a Ukrainian soldier found dead with a sword inscribed with “for Kursk” in his body, in an apparent act of revenge for Kyiv’s recent incursion into the Russian border region.

KYIV, Sept 17 – The European Union has so far provided EUR 118 billion in assistance to Ukraine, European Commission (EC) Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis told the European Parliament on Tuesday.

ODESA, Sept 14 – The German concern Rheinmetall provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a modern mobile field hospital. It meets NATO Role 2 medical support standards, the concern's press service said.