KIEV, Nov. 12 – President Viktor Yanukovych expects that the failure to sign the Association Agreement with the European Union will improve relations with Russia and increase his chances for re-election as president, the UDAR Party has said in a statement.

KIEV, Nov. 13 - A flexible exchange rate corresponds to the economic parameters of Ukraine and will enhance its export efficiency, International Monetary Fund Resident Representative in Ukraine Jerome Vacher said.

KIEV, Nov. 13 – Ukraine, which suspended imports of Russian natural gas last week, may stay away from the purchases through the end of the year, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 13 – Ukrainian lawmakers on Wednesday failed to approve a bill to let jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko seek medical treatment in Germany, jeopardizing Kiev’s planned historic deals with Brussels later this month.

VILNIUS, Nov. 13 – President Viktor Yanukovych can still save the agreement with the European Union if he takes the lead in the settlement of the issue of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 14 - Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky said he hopes that the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union scheduled for the end of November will accelerate the process of the opening of the Slovak gas corridor and give impetus to the development of joint projects in energy.

KIEV, Nov. 14 – The leaders of the Ukrainian parliamentary opposition parties, Vitali Klitschko (UDAR), Arseniy Yatseniuk (Batkivschyna), and Oleh Tiahnybok (Svoboda), have called on the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union not to make a final decision on the signature of an association agreement between Ukraine and the EU at its session on November 18.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 14 - The European Parliament's observation mission of former Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski and ex-European Parliament President Pat Cox in Ukraine has been prolonged until the Vilnius summit.

KIEV, Nov. 14 – The United States has urged Ukraine to clear all remaining obstacles to a landmark trade and political association agreements with the European Union.

KIEV, Nov. 14 – The European Union will engage in negotiations with Ukraine seeking to get the country back on a democratic path, Polskie Radio reported Wednesday after a meeting between Polish and German leaders.