KIEV, March 15 – Popular support for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s party has fallen sharply in the Ternopil region, once its stronghold, according to preliminary results of a local election Sunday.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ Ukraine invited oil major Shell to look into building a terminal in Ukraine to receive liquefied natural gas produced by the company in the Persian Gulf, for transportation to Europe.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ Most of Ukrainians do not expect their income would increase in the near future, according to a poll jointly conducted by the Oleksandr Yaremenko Social Research Institute and the Social Monitoring Center.

KIEV, March 15 - UkrNafta, Ukraine??™s largest oil producer, postponed for a week decision on suspending production at more than 1,000 oil wells due to a major hike in royalties earlier this year, the company said Thursday.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ Parliament, led by the pro-government coalition, on Thursday voted to postpone for almost a week debate on whether to approve Volodymyr Ohryzko, a pro-Western diplomat, as Ukraine??™s next foreign minister.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ Ukraine will rely on nuclear power, coal and natural gas sectors during the next 25 years in order to enhance its energy security, according to a program approved by the government Wednesday.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ The Ukrainian government on Wednesday appeared to be split over the pace of economic expansion this year that may further delay release of the official growth forecast, officials said.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ The Belarusian authorities barred two Ukrainian television reporters from entering the country on Wednesday further straining relations between Minsk and Kiev ahead of the March 19 presidential election.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ A consortium, hired to assess commercial prospects of building a pipeline to move Caspian Sea oil from Ukraine to Poland, concluded Wednesday the project will be immediately profitable, a newswire reported.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ Opposition parties have been apparently working on staging street protests after the March 26 general election in Ukraine, Internal Affairs Minister Yuriy Lutsenko said Wednesday.