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.

KIEV, July 16 – A joint venture led by U.S. oil company Vanco Energy said Wednesday it had filed for international arbitration in Stockholm seeking to force Ukraine resume its oil and gas production agreement.

KIEV, July 16 – An effort began on Wednesday to call an emergency session of Parliament for approval of amendments to the 2008 budget, and the move may eventually get the support of President Viktor Yushchenko.

WARSAW, July 14 – The governments of Ukraine and Poland have agreed on urgent tasks in their joint preparations for hosting the finals of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, and have declared that the finals will be successfully hosted.

KIEV, July 13 - The Emergencies Ministry doesn't rule out the possibility that an organized criminal group has been involved in the theft of ammunition at Novobohdanivka depots for several years and that the blasts at the depots might have been an attempt to conceal the theft of ammunition.

KIEV, July 16 - Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will on July 17 make a working visit to Brussels, where he is scheduled to meet with European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary General of the Council of the European Union Javier Solana, the ministry reported.

KIEV, July 16 - Ukraine's government seeks to settle within a week a shareholder dispute with Russian oil company Tatneft over majority interest in UkrTatNafta, the country's largest oil refinery, an official said Monday.