KIEV, July 13 – The Batkivshchyna Party regards the criminal proceedings launched by the Ukrainian tax police against CEO of the TVi channel Mykola Kniazhytsky as an attempt to introduce censorship at the channel and restrict the freedom of speech in the country.

KIEV, July 13 – President Viktor Yanukovych and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have discussed the issue of the creation of a free-trade area between their countries, as well as further development of effective trade and economic relations, according to the press service of the Ukrainian president.

KIEV, July 16 - In 2012, Ukraine started to pick up the pace of recovery of its military equipment and weapons, and this work should be expanded in the coming years, of the National Security and Defense Council Secretary Andriy Kliuyev said.

KIEV, July 16 – A positive assessment of reforms in Ukraine by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund gives grounds to hope for further cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, July 16 — Ukraine’s largest opposition group on Monday launched a campaign to impeach President Viktor Yanukovych over alleged violations of the constitution and persecution of opposition leaders.

KIEV, July 15 – The price of imported gas for Ukraine in the third quarter of 2009 will be $198 per 1,000 cubic meters, Naftogaz Ukrayiny spokesman Valentyn Zemliansky told Interfax-Ukraine.

BRUSSELS, July 16 - The European Union has not ruled out another gas crisis in August and is considering ways to ensure uninterrupted deliveries.

KIEV, July 16 – Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the opposition Regions Party, on Thursday called for investigation of the way the government has been spending money received from the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, July 16 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s lawmakers outmaneuvered the opposition Regions Party on Thursday, successfully opening - and closing - a session of Parliament, eliminating the possibility of a government dismissal.

KIEV, July 16 – A key figure in the investigation into the dioxin poisoning in 2004 that disfigured and nearly killed Viktor Yushchenko when he was running for president was granted Russian citizenship, investigators said Wednesday.