The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will monitor the parliamentary elections in Ukraine scheduled for September 30, a source in the Council of Europe said Tuesday.

Ukraine should learn to play by the rules, not with the rules, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told the country's Zerkalo Nedeli weekly on Saturday. Together with other high-ranking EU officials Solana arrived in Ukraine for the ninth EU-Ukraine summit on Friday.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko greeted delegations from the European Commission, the EU Council and Portugal, who arrived in Kiev on Friday for the ninth EU-Ukraine summit.

Ukrainian authorities don't have the political will to investigate the case of murdered journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, according to a new report by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, will attend an EU-Ukraine summit to be held in Kiev Friday, the Ukrainian foreign minister said Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is warning parliament not to hold a planned opening of its fall session Tuesday, saying any decisions it makes will be illegitimate.

Ukraine's parliament, despite resistance from the president and opposition parties, backed a resolution Tuesday to hold plenary sessions until early parliamentary elections are held on September 30.

Ukraine has reiterated its long-standing objections to being part of the EU's European Neighborhood Policy. Ukraine's Ambassador to the EU Roman Shpek told a high-level conference on the ENP in Brussels today that the bloc's flagship foreign-policy instrument remains "inadequate" for his country.

Conference Energy presents First Ukranian Oil Trading&Transportation Conference, which will take place 27-28 September 2007 at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev.

Leonid Stadnik, the world's tallest man, lives an isolated life, has trouble finding clothes and shoes that fit and no longer expects any help from bureaucrats, the 37-year-old Ukrainian said in an interview.

Ukraine has almost completed clinical trials for a bird flu vaccine, the head of the Ukrainian State Veterinarian Department said Thursday. Since 2003, when bird flu first hit countries in Asia, international experts feared the virus could mutate into a form that spread easily among people, sparking a global pandemic.

Nine people were killed in two separate car accidents in Ukraine, the local emergencies service's press office said Monday.