KIEV, May 15 – Investigators have found no evidence that confirms the statements of the former head of the State Financial Inspectorate of Ukraine Mykola Hordiyenko alleging that UAH 8 billion had been embezzled by members of Arseniy Yatseniuk's government, First Deputy Prosecutor General Volodymyr Huzyr said.

KIEV, May 15 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk hopes for a cut in the price of gas imported from the European Union after talks which were held in Paris.

KIEV, May 15 - Ukraine is currently unable to fully service its foreign obligations and therefore the debt restructuring offer is necessary and right and the creditors should accept it, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, May 17 - Ukraine's military said its forces captured two Russian soldiers fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine, BBC reported on Sunday.

The troops were seized in the town of Shchastya, near the line of separation.

KIEV, May 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine expects that the foreign currency inflow to Ukraine during the hosting of final matches of the Euro 2012 European football championship in June and before the parliamentary election in September will grow, which will support the hryvnia exchange rate.

KIEV, May 17 - Ukraine's independent unions intend on May 21 to begin a nationwide protest against the adoption of the Labor Code and a bill on rallies and demonstrations, Federation of Trade Unions of Workers of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Chairman Viacheslav Roy said.

KIEV, May 17 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party is lukewarm to approving legislation that would allow jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad, a senior party official said Thursday.

KIEV, May 15 – Ukraine's parliament adopted a bill on Tuesday to introduce floating rates of excise duty on oil products.

Bill No. 10379, which will amend the Tax Code, garnered 247 votes from the 321 MPs registered in the session hall.

KIEV, May 16 – Forty-seven percent of Ukrainians have said politicians will most of all benefit from the holding of Euro 2012 in Ukraine, according to DW-Trend eighth stage of a poll held by Ukrainian office of IFAK international research agency.

KIEV, May 16 – Kiev Court of Appeals has upheld a verdict issued by Kiev's Pechersky District Court against former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, who was sentenced to four years in prison for malfeasance.