KIEV, Sept. 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party started a push on Tuesday to approve legislation that would slap journalists with up to three-year jail sentences for disseminating ‘libelous’ information about politicians.

YALTA, Sept. 16 - Ukraine will gradually raise the price of natural gas for households and the housing and utilities sector, bringing them to European levels, but any increase in the price of gas has to be preceded by an increase in social standards, President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly hopes to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart in March 2012.

Obama has sent a letter to Yanukovych, the Ukrainian president's press service reported on Friday.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - Ukraine may boost the capacity of its planned liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Black Sea if natural gas talks with Russia fail to produce a compromise on prices and supply volumes, an official said Friday.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – Ukraine may suggest creating a trilateral joint venture, involving itself, Russia and the European Union, to operate its massive natural gas pipeline network, Interfax-Ukraine reported Friday, citing a source.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – President Viktor Yanukovych may shortly submit amendments to criminal law that if approved by Parliament would lead to the release of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a newspaper reported Friday.

KIEV, Sept. 18 -- The adoption of the Law on Joint Stock Companies by Ukraine's Parliament on Wednesday "creates legal conditions to protect the rights of shareholders in Ukraine and removes many gaps in current legislation regarding the establishment and operations of joint stock companies," reads a statement by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – The alliance of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s group and Ukraine’s two pro-Russian opposition parties was evident Thursday when the groups jointly approved another bill aimed against President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – Ukraine’s national currency, the hryvnia, lost value rapidly against the U.S. dollar over the past two days, wiping out all gains it had achieved at an unusual overnight appreciation four months ago.

KIEV, Sept. 18 - Arcelor Mittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, on Tuesday urged Ukraine to postpone selection of an investor for the development of a major iron ore deposit until after the Sept. 30 election.