KIEV, May 16 – Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller on Thursday met a top Ukrainian official in Moscow amid growing concerns that Ukraine has been increasingly refusing to import Russian gas and replacing it with European supplies.
KIEV, May 16 – Thousands of protesters from across Ukraine led by three opposition parties are expected to descend on Kiev for a rally on Saturday and may clash with pro-government demonstrators.
BRUSSELS, May 15– Ukraine has been sharply criticized by Brussels in the sphere of political dialogue and reform in the European Neighborhood Policy Country Progress Report on Ukraine that was presented in Brussels on Tuesday.
BRUSSELS, May 15 – The European Union has named three steps that could help to return relations between Brussels and Kiev to their previous level – settlement of the problem of selective justice, holding free and fair parliamentary elections, and the implementation of necessary reforms.
MOSCOW, May 16 – Even though Western Europeans are weighing a possible boycott of next month’s Euro 2012 soccer championships, Kiev is ready to welcome Russia’s leaders with open arms.
KIEV, May 15 – The government of the United States has called on the Ukrainian authorities to release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and other ex-officials of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, as well as restore their civil and political rights.
BRUSSELS, May 16 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov brushed aside Western concerns about his government's treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as misguided and unwarranted, indicating that Kiev was unlikely to change its mind, Reuters reported Wednesday.
KIEV, May 13 – Ukraine and Russia will continue talks on reviewing the gas price formula next week, according to a posting made on the Web site of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday.
KIEV, May 16 – More cooperation among parliaments under conditions of new global challenges is needed than ever before and the Black Sea region is very important in this context, said Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.
