KIEV, Dec. 14 - Ukraine is determined to sign an association agreement with the European Union as soon as possible, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Dec. 17 - President Viktor Yanukovych will travel to Moscow on Tuesday for talks over energy and trade issues with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Yanukovych administration reported Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – President Viktor Yushchenko will opposes the government’s plans to sign a memorandum with Russia's state nuclear power corporation Rosatom that anticipates long-term cooperation in production of uranium, Bohdan Sokolovskiy, Yushchenko’s top energy envoy, said.

KIEV, Dec. 17 – Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s foreign policy chief, left for Washington on Thursday to join a finance ministry team seeking resumption of lending from the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, Dec. 17 – A heavy snowstorm has wreaked havoc on many Ukrainian regions Thursday leaving thousands of cars and trucks stuck on highways between cities for hours with authorities sending emergency crews to save lives.

KIEV, Dec. 17 – The opposition Regions Party on Wednesday demanded Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko address Parliament on the rapidly weakening hryvnia, along with the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 17 – Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk has come out against Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s calls for greater social spending next year amid concerns the spending would undermine Ukraine’s financial system, officials and reports said Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 17 – The hryvnia was in a freefall on Wednesday, plunging 12% against the U.S. dollar to levels that may shatter Ukraine’s banking system by triggering massive defaults on consumer credits and mortgages.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – A total of 41% of the people in Ukrainian cities and towns with populations of over 50,000 use the Internet, according to a GfK Ukraine Company annual study polling 3,000 respondents.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – The Antimonopoly Committee has opened a case against Kiev city state administration due to anti-competitive actions in increasing tariffs for municipal services for companies.

The committee discussed the case at its meeting on Monday, Interfax Ukraine reported.