KHARKIV, April 18 - Former Kharkiv Regional Governor Arsen Avakov has claimed that he did not sign state acts on 55 hectares of land near the village of Pisochyn (Kharkiv district, Kharkiv region), which resulted in a criminal case being opened against him.

KIEV, April 18 – Some 10,000 protesters are expected to turn out Thursday in Kharkiv in front of the prison where opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is serving a seven-year sentence, the Batkivshchyna party announced Wednesday.

YENAKIYEVE, April 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych has expressed hope that the required sum to finance Chernobyl projects will be collected during a conference of donor countries to be held as a part of the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.

MOSCOW, April 18 – Alexei Miller, the CEO of Gazprom, said Monday that Ukraine will not be able to cancel the 10-year natural gas supply agreement that Kiev believes to be “extremely unfavorable.”

KIEV, April 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych assured European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Monday that Ukraine is determined to complete comprehensive talks on political association and free trade with the EU before the end of the year.

KIEV, April 18 – A special Parliamentary committee will investigate an escalating conflict between the owner of Kyiv Post weekly newspaper and journalists that have declared an indefinite strike over alleged censorship attempts.

KIEV, April 16 - The Ukrainian government plans to issue UAH 20 billion in bonds to compensate value-added tax, Deputy Prime Minister Sergiy Tigipko said at a meeting of the European Association of Business in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, April 16 – The International Monetary Fund has asked the Ukrainian authorities to increase discount rate, toughen bank refinancing policy, bolster the independence of the National Bank of Ukraine and increase protection of creditors' rights.

KIEV, April 16 – Despite changes in the course of the Danube River, there are no grounds to change the Ukrainian-Romanian border and transfer Ukraine's Maikan Island to Romania, since the border line was confirmed by both sides in an agreement regarding the regime of the Ukrainian-Romanian border, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

KIEV, April 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych, former President Viktor Yushchenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Sunday attended the funeral Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash on April 10.