President Viktor Yushchenko is confident that pre-term parliamentary elections should be held right after the presidential, he said this in an interview to the BBC Ukrainian.com.In particular, the parliamentary elections and the constitutional amendments should be a single package. "When

Ukraine continues shipping arms and military equipment to Georgia, a member of the Ukrainian parliament said on Thursday, according to RIA Novosti. "The Yushchenko-Saakashvili arms business goes on," said Valeriy Konovalyuk, former head of a parliamentary commission that looked into

Should the law of new social standards be adopted in its current wording, First Deputy Head of the President's Secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak will recommend that President Viktor Yushchenko veto it. The key problem of the law is that it may

President Viktor Yushchenko left for Chisinau, Moldova, where he is taking part in the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States, president's press office reported. Ukraine sees the CIS as a platform for intergovernmental consultations and negotiation; therefore President's participation

In 2010 Ukraine will purchase less gas than in 2009, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has told the press commenting on the statement of Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller saying that Gazprom will not reduce the volumes of gas supplies to Ukraine

President Viktor Yushchenko met with shareholders and lenders of Ukrprombank and Nadra bank with participation of temporary administrators of these banks, National Bank representatives, law enforcement and judicial authorities, president's press office informed.The meeting gathered major borrowers of the two

President Viktor Yushchenko called on journalists to be more active in strengthening and protection of freedom of speech in the country, he said at the meeting on the protection of freedom of speech and development of television and radio."I am

NATO will support Ukraine on the path of reforms required for its membership in the alliance.NATO Spokesman James Appathurai made a statement to this effect in Brussels during a video conference with Moscow, National radio reported. He reminded of the

Ukraine's Education and Science Ministry andRussia's Federal Agency for Science and Innovation have signed acooperation program envisaging the purchase of modern equipment and thepursuance of joint researches in the field of nanotechnologies, theministry press-service announced.The researchers will beprovided with modern

Gazprom confirmed on Wednesday that Ukraine had paid for Russian natural gas deliveries to the country for September."Ukraine's Naftogaz has paid on time and in full for September gas deliveries," the Russian gas monopoly's press service said, RIA Novosti reported.A

Ukraine's state-controlled energy company Naftogaz said Tuesday it had paid Russia in full for natural gas consumed in September.A company spokesman said Naftogaz had paid about $400 million for 2 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas.Under the current contract, payment

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko saysthat Ukraine is doing its best for the development of good-neighborlyrelations with Russia, National radio reported.In an interview to BBCUkrainian service President underlined that his policy all over thepast four years was showing a great respect

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko assured European community of continuous transportation of Russian gas via Ukraine. She said during an intercom deliberations with the regional governors and mayors on the start of a heating season.The Premier said that all repair works,