KIEV, Nov. 28 ??“ Rinat Akhmetov, named by Forbes as Ukraine??™s richest man, will run for a seat in Parliament on a ticket of the Regions Party, an opposition group, party leader Viktor Yanukovych said Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 28 ??“ A natural gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia worsened Monday when Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the state gas company, warned its Russian counterpart of responsibility for implications the dispute may have on European supplies.

KIEV, Nov. 28 ??“ The position of Ukrainian negotiators may provoke a "gas war" between Ukraine and Russia, Sergei Markov, the director of the Institute for political studies (Russia), said at an international conference dedicated to the anniversary of Ukraine??™s ???Orange Revolution.???

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Germany, Romania, Ukraine and Belgium from Dec. 5-9 to highlight the "enduring importance of transatlantic relations," the State Department said in a statement on Monday.

MOSCOW, Nov. 28 - Russia and Ukraine plan to cancel duties on tobacco products traded between the countries as of 2006, and on sugar from 2009, the Russian Economic Development and Trade Ministry's press service said Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 28 ??“ The World Bank in January-March 2006 is to give Ukraine a $150 mln credit to carry out the Access to Financial Services Project.

KIEV, Nov. 25 ??“ Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, regarded by hundreds of thousands of protesters across Ukraine as the people??™s president, signed his first decrees Thursday, ahead of his assuming real authority.

KIEV, Nov. 25 ??“ Thousands of protesters swarmed to the government??™s main offices late Thursday for what they says Is an indefinite siege in a show of public disobedience triggered by alleged massive manipulation at presidential election.

KYIV, Oct 28 – The Swedish Government has decided to provide a new package of humanitarian aid in the amount of SEK 110 million ($10.4 million) to Ukraine ahead of the winter period, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release on Sunday, October 27.

KYIV, Oct 28 – The European Commission welcomes the consensus reached by the EU and G7 partners on October 25 in Washington to collectively provide loans for EUR 45 billion (approximately $50 billion) in loans under the G7 Emergency Revenue Acceleration (ERA) initiative for Ukraine, and intends to provide EUR 18 billion of this amount.