KIEV, Oct. 17 - A court has postponed the validation of parliamentary election results, officials said Wednesday, threatening to delay the formation of a government in Ukraine, a country struggling to emerge from prolonged political turmoil.

KIEV, Oct. 17 ??“ It??™s official: the Our Ukraine faction has formally announced that it is going into opposition.

While making the official announcement in Parliament on Tuesday, Our Ukraine faction leader Roman Bezsmertny said the transition was in line with a decision made at a meeting of the Our Ukraine parliamentary faction on Oct. 5.

KIEV, Oct. 17 ??“ Parliament, led by the Regions Party and its two small leftist allies, the Communists and Socialists, voted on Tuesday to postpone for two weeks debate over bills needed for Ukraine??™s accession to the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, Oct. 16 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko, meeting the country??™s richest businessmen on Friday, urged them to step up investments in strategically important areas of the economy to help trigger a sustainable economic growth.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - The National Security and Defense Council, a body that advises President Viktor Yushchenko on strategic issues, will hold a meeting later this month to avert possible energy sector challenges, an official said Monday.

LONDON, Oct. 17 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko, meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday, said Ukraine will seek backing from the European Union to achieve the goal of joining the World Trade Organization in December.

KIEV, Oct. 17 ??“ The Kiev court of appeals has overturned a Sept. 14 Kiev economic court ruling against the canceling of charter flights of Donbasaero Airline from Ukraine to Israel.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - A recent resolution by the government has reinstated Ihor Voronin as a deputy chairman at Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the state oil and gas company, a government spokesman said Monday.

KYIV, Sept 13 - Ukrainian forces carried out a massive missile attack on a strategic Russian naval shipyard in the occupied Crimean peninsula early Wednesday morning, damaging two vessels in what an official in Kyiv called a "professional and meaningful" statement.

KYIV, Sept 17 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said there will be no exceptions for corruption in the country, regardless of position or status, and expects from NABU, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) and the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) more systematic results of their work and "incarceration."