KIEV, Oct. 17 - President Viktor Yanukovych, asked by European Union envoys to pardon jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on humanitarian grounds, on Thursday suggested a new plan that calls for Parliament to approve special legislation.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – A technical team from the International Monetary Fund is planning to discuss the Ukrainian authorities' financial sector reform program in Kiev from October 26 to November 2, the IMF Resident Representative Office in Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Parliament has postponed second-reading consideration of a bill that considerably changes the conditions of operation on the Ukrainian renewable energy market.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Ukraine is succeeding in the fight against poverty, President Viktor Yanukovych said on the occasion of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Batkivshchyna and Svoboda, two opposition parties that may enter Parliament after October 28 elections, pledged to work together to impeach President Viktor Yanukovych and to reverse his policies.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to arrive in Donetsk on Tuesday for talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych, officials said Monday.

This is expected to be their first meeting after both reported progress in natural gas talks in Moscow on September 24. No official comments were made on details of the progress.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday rejected rising Western pressure to review the conviction of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, raising the stakes as he navigates between Ukraine's powerful neighbors, Europe and Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported.

KIEV, Oct. 15 - Ukraine has published an international audit saying the former government of Yulia Tymoshenko misappropriated hundreds of millions of dollars, the Financial Times reported.

MOSCOW, Oct. 15 - The Russian government is considering Ukraine's proposal to revise the natural gas price formula in the 10-year agreement signed in January 2009, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 14 - Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on selling the cruiser Ukraina are going in a constructive manner, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.