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.

KIEV, May 16 – Ukraine will cut the volume of natural gas purchase from Russia in the second half of this year, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, May 16 – A Kiev court Monday rejected a lawsuit from former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who tried to challenge the investigation into her negotiation of a controversial 2009 natural gas agreement with Russia.

KIEV, May 13 – The special parliamentary committee for freedom of speech and information has called on the General Prosecutor's Office to immediately investigate complaints by journalists of the TV channels 1+1 and STB of pressure on journalists and censorship.

KIEV, May 13 – The government of Ukraine is interested in signing an amicable agreement with Vanco, which demands that it be reimbursed for the cancellation of licenses for the exploration of the sea shelf in Kerch strait, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov reported.

KIEV, May 14 – The expenditures of Parliament in 2010 will total over UAH 875 million, Regions Party faction leader Oleksandr Yefremov told reporters on Friday.

"The Verkhovna Rada's budget was approved at UAH 875,637,700," he said.

KIEV, May 14 - Ukraine’s governing coalition seeks to amend legislation that would allow selling the country’s natural gas pipelines as talks over merger between Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny progress.

KIEV, May 14 – Ukrainian authorities suddenly cancelled the interrogation of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, which had been scheduled on Monday, the day Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is due to arrive for an official visit.