KIEV, Feb. 17 – A Kiev court on Wednesday suspended Viktor Yanukovych’s certification as the winner of the presidential election to give time judges to decide whether fraud played any role in the vote.

KIEV, Feb. 16 – President-elect Viktor Yanukovych has said he will have enough strength and consistency to defend Ukraine's national interests in relations with all partners.

KIEV, Feb. 17 - Ukraine's GDP declined 20% in January year-on-year, the head of the group of advisors to the chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, Valeriy Lytvytsky, told Interfax.

KIEV, Feb. 17 – Ukraine on Tuesday called on the European Union to coordinate positions while negotiating natural gas imports from Russia in order to boost “collective bargaining power” and secure national interests.

KIEV, Feb. 17 – President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday the resignation of Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk will probably trigger a chain of negative events in the economy that will further undermine budget revenue this year.

KIEV, Feb. 16 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is ready to invest around EUR1 billion in Ukraine in 2009, and hopes that systematic steps will be taken to bring the country out of economic crisis, EBRD President Thomas Mirow said at a meeting with Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – Confrontation between Ukrainian political groups has been deepening and may reach a point at which President Viktor Yushchenko would be able again to dismiss Parliament, Parliament Speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk Friday.

KIEV, Feb. 17 – President Viktor Yushchenko suggested Sunday Ukraine would not let foreign military bases on its soil even after joining NATO, a comment that is apparently aimed at easing Russia’s growing security concerns.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – Ukraine's Ambassador to Norway Ihor Sahach and Secretary General of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry Bjorn Grydeland have signed intergovernmental agreements on the facilitation of the issuing of visas and the readmission of persons.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 17 ??“ Ukraine and the European Union continue discussing the draft agreement on creation of the Galileo civil global navigation satellite system (EGNOS\Galileo).