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.

KIEV, April 16 ??“ Ukraine may build an oil refinery near the border with Poland to refine Caspian Sea crude into high quality gasoline that could be later exported to Europe, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, April 16 ??“ The government will soon submit to Parliament a bill outlining a procedure through which some owners will be required to pay extra for businesses they obtained too cheaply over the past decade, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, April 16 ??“ Ukraine is in talks with international powers over building two separate natural gas pipelines, from Iran and from Turkmenistan, seeking to reduce reliance on imports from Russia, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, April 18 ??“ Three senior police officers were taken into custody Monday in connection with the alleged murder three years ago of a key witness in a journalist murder case, the Prosecutor General??™s Office said.