KIEV, Dec. 14 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, facing the prospect of running a minority government, on Friday pleaded with opposition groups for support in navigating the country through serious economic challenges next year.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – The UN General Assembly's session in New York on Wednesday passed a draft resolution on the holding of an international conference called "Twenty-five Years after the Chernobyl Disaster: Safety for the Future" with the participation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – European Union diplomats on Thursday requested an urgent meeting with opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko after the authorities restricted her ability to travel by opening an investigation against her.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – Four opposition lawmakers, some with serious injuries and bleeding, were rushed to the hospital late Thursday after allies of President Viktor Yanukovych ferociously attacked the group for blocking podium in Parliament.

KIEV, Dec. 14 – EU integration remains the main task for Ukrainian diplomats, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

"European integration remains the first and main task of the Ukrainian diplomacy," he said at a meeting with Ukrainian diplomats in Kiev on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 15 - The Energy Community has welcomed the ratification by the Ukrainian parliament of a protocol on Ukraine's accession to the organization.

The Energy Community said in a statement passed to news services in Brussels on Wednesday that the accession process would be finally completed in early 2011.

LVIV, Dec. 15 – The Dnistrovska pump storage plant will finally open this month, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at the Lviv regional television and radio broadcasting company.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – A team of senior officials from the Finance Ministry left for Washington on Wednesday in what may be the final attempt to persuade the International Monetary Fund to resume lending to Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 16 - The Ukrainian government, which is facing a financial crunch, is planning to arrange financing from Russian energy giant Gazprom to pay for Russian natural gas imports in December, a senior official said Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – Ukraine will not have its 2010 budget approved until after the next presidential election, which means at least a three-month delay, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday.