KIEV, Feb. 15 – Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko may have a herniated disc that has been causing back pain, and this may require surgery outside prison, Ukraynska Pravda reported Wednesday, citing a source.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – President Viktor Yanukovych will answer questions from Ukrainians during a three-hour live broadcast on February 25, the anniversary of his inauguration.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – Parliament will take a final decision on an anticorruption law submitted by the president on March 1, according to Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.

"If we are ready this week, then we will consider [the anticorruption law of the president] this week... But, honestly speaking, it should be considered on March 1 to take a final decision," Lytvyn said.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – The mission of the International Monetary Fund in Ukraine has agreed to a more gradual schedule of gas tariff increases to help cushion the impact on households, and work is currently underway to identify offsetting budgetary measures to support the combined (general government and Naftogaz) deficit of 3.5% of GDP for 2011.

KIEV, Feb. 15 - The pressure against Vasyl Onopenko, the head of the Supreme Court, was suddenly eased on Tuesday with prosecutors closing the criminal case against his daughter and releasing his son-in-law from custody.

KIEV, Feb. 12 – Strong Ukraine Party leader Sergiy Tyhypko said that he is concerned over the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline and over the fact that the Ukrainian gas transportation system is not being modernized.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – A snap parliamentary election could take place in Ukraine this autumn, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Deputy Secretary Dmytro Vydrin said.

"September 30th is a quite possible date for a snap parliamentary election, and one should be ready for it," he said on Friday.

MOSCOW, Feb. 15 - The repeated revision of gas contracts between Ukraine and Russia over the past five years has been detrimental to Kiev, said Viktor Yanukovych, who has been named the winner of the recent presidential election in Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – Viktor Yanukovych, who was declared the winner of the Ukrainian presidential election by the Central Election Commission on Sunday, said he does not rule out that Sergiy Tyhypko could head the country's new government.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – A day after Viktor Yanukovych was declared Ukraine’s next president, the defeated candidate, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, suggested holding a referendum to see if the presidential post can be eliminated.