KIEV, April 16 - Ukraine and Russia on Friday made “certain progress” in talks over re-negotiating a 10-year natural gas supply agreement towards lowering gas prices, the Ukrainian government said in a statement.

The statement was issued hours after the talks between Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller in Moscow.

KIEV, April 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s government is delaying important economic reforms and seeking to rely on borrowing to meet a huge budget deficit this year, Viktor Pynzenyk, a former finance minister, said Sunday.

KIEV, April 18 - Ukraine's opposition urged supporters on Wednesday to stage a non-stop rally akin to the 2004 "Orange Revolution" to press for a parliamentary election, deepening a crisis that has engulfed the country.

KIEV, April 18 - Thousands of protestors on Wednesday disrupted key court hearings into Ukraine's political crisis.

KIEV, April 18 ??“ Opposition lawmakers are prepared to massively quit Parliament on Thursday in order to force early election after the pro-government coalition had refused to comply with President Viktor Yushchenko??™s a decree dissolving the legislature.

KIEV, April 18 - Poland and Ukraine will host soccer's 2012 European Championship after their joint bid beat favorite Italy, the first time the former Eastern bloc hosted the continental championship since Yugoslavia in 1976.

KIEV, April 18 ??“ The government endorsed a basic draft Tax Code and expects that by May 15 the document, once approved by the Cabinet in general, will be submitted to Parliament for examination, First Vice-Premier and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, April 18 - The majority of Ukrainians believe that the work of the country's government is poor, according to a poll conducted by the Razumkov Center sociological service, the results of which were published on Wednesday.

KIEV, April 18 ??“ Ukraine, in talks with its gas supplier RosUkrEnergo, will insist on keeping natural gas prices unchanged during the next five years, an official at Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, said Tuesday.

KIEV, April 18 ??“ Talks over creation of a pro-Western coalition were in a deadlock on Tuesday after former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko had rejected a key demand set by President Viktor Yushchenko.