KIEV, Jan. 13 – The Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine has refused to cancel a Parliament that supports a bill amending the Tax Code of Ukraine on accounting and registration of taxpayers, so-called "Klitschko amendment."

BRUSSELS, Jan. 14 - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said that the pro-European protests in Kiev have demonstrated the importance of the European Union as "a beacon of hope and values."

KIEV, Jan. 15 – Confrontation seems likely in Parliament on Thursday after opposition lawmakers pledged to disrupt the 2014 budget vote unless President Viktor Yanukovych sacks key law enforcement officials responsible for the crackdown on protesters.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 - The chairman of the important U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee warned Wednesday his committee may move to slap sanctions on Ukraine and impose visa bans on its leaders amid a crackdown on pro-Western demonstrators.

CHERNIVTSI, Jan. 14 – The leadership of Russia and Ukraine see no contradiction between the desire of both the countries to strengthen their ties with Europe and increasing cooperation within the CIS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - Ukraine will hold talks with the International Monetary Fund on a 10 billion SDR loan, First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov announced.

"Concerning the IMF, we plan, as previously, to discuss the sums, documented in the previous memorandum - some 10 billion in SDR's (around $15 billion)," he told the press in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – The U.S. and the European Union should increase pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych to make sure that Ukraine improves democracy, Setven Pifer, a former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, said.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 13 – The European Union insists that any agreement between Ukraine and Russia must guarantee full respect by Ukraine for the legal commitments it took on when joining the Energy Community Treaty.

KIEV, Jan. 13 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Friday dismissed speculation the country was heading towards a major clash with Russia over natural gas supplies, but said the economy should rely more on domestic energy.

Azarov reacted to speculations that Ukraine has been drifting towards the confrontation with Russia over the price of gas supplies that may affect the European Union.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – Natural gas price talks between Russia and Ukraine collapsed last month after Moscow suddenly demanded a controlling stake in Ukrainian gas pipelines, a newspaper reported Saturday, citing a source.