KIEV, May 15 ??“ The government identified 29 major companies that it plans to re-auction on the ground that their original privatizations had been improperly manipulated by the previous government, Petro Poroshenko, the security advisor to President Viktor Yushchenko, said.

KIEV, May 14 ??“ Ivan Rizak, the former governor of the TransCarpathian region and a prominent supporter of former President Leonid Kuchma, was taken into custody Friday, the Prosecutor General??™s Office said.

KIEV, May 15 ??“ Ukraine is scrambling to buy crude in Kazakhstan after Russia suspended oil supplies to UkrTatNafta, the country??™s largest oil refinery, leading to sweeping shortages of gasoline, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Sunday.

SIMFEROPOL, May 16 ??“ Turkey is ready to invest in Crimea's resort and recreational industry, and will participate in the "Sea Shore" program for the development of the Crimean Coast initiated by Crimean Republic's Premier Anatoliy Matvienko, Turkish Foreign Minster Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying during his Friday visit to Crimea as part of his official visit to Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, May 16 - Russian oil companies TNK-BP and Lukoil, which jointly control more than 1,300 gasoline filling stations throughout Ukraine, set restrictions on gasoline sales in Ukraine in reaction to shortages, the companies said Monday.

KYIV, April 15 – Some 54% of Ukrainians are more afraid of the economic consequences of the quarantine than coronavirus (COVID-19), compared to 43% in March. These are the results of a social survey, titled "Assessing the success of the government and the public reaction to the coronavirus epidemic and political events in the country," conducted by Kyiv International Institute Sociology (KIIS) from April 7-11.

KYIV, April 16 – Ukrainians overwhelmingly support economic integration with the European Union, according to a new opinion poll released on Thursday. The poll also found that Ukrainians are also more open to joining NATO.

KYIV, April 16 – Coronavirus pandemic and quarantine have somewhat dented the rating of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, though he still remains one of the most popular politicians in Ukraine, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.

KYIV, April 16 – Kyiv has briefly become the world’s most polluted city on Thursday after new fires broke out in the radiation-contaminated areas around the defunct Chornobyl nuclear power plant, according to a report by IQAir.

PARIS, April 12 – The Ukrainian comedian tipped to become president and his incumbent rival travelled to Paris and Berlin on Friday to seek international backing nine days before the run-off in a high-stakes vote, AFP reported.