KIEV, July 16 - Parliament on Thursday passed all the laws needed to receive an installment of more than $3 billion under an IMF-backed bailout program, Finance Ministry official Artem Shevalev reported.

KIEV, July 15 – The European Court of Human Rights has started to consider the second complaint by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, July 16 – A group of activists rallied in front of a police station in Fastiv on Tuesday, saying that police officers have repeatedly resorted to torturing detainees at the facility.

KIEV, July 15 - Ukraine is interested in the idea of creating a grain pool with Russia and Kazakhstan, but on condition it retains its status as an independent player on the world grain market, First Deputy Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Ivan Bisiuk said.

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.