Ukrainian opposition leaders at a weekly antigovernment rally that attracted tens of thousands of people have called for continued protests and a national strike after the winter holidays.
The wife of fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov arrived in Italy with her daughter seven months after being improperly deported back to Kazakhstan in a case that fueled tensions in Italy's fragile government.
A court in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine has adjourned the tax evasion trial of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko until January 24 due to Tymoshenko's refusal to take part in the hearing.
Several hundred Ukrainians have gathered outside the Interior Ministry in Kyiv to demand the resignation of Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko after an opposition journalist known for her investigations into government corruption was attacked.
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has raised its outlook for Ukraine to stable from negative, after a multi-billion dollar bailout deal from Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow could lend Belarus an additional $2 billion in 2014.
A Ukrainian opposition activist and journalist known for her investigations into corruption among senior officials has been viciously assaulted by unknown attackers.
Russian health officials say the products of Ukraine's Roshen confectionary will be allowed back into the Russian market early next year because alleged health violations have been corrected.
A newspaper report says the Ukrainian government has banned 36 foreigners from entering the country, including former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who addressed a demonstration in Kyiv during the height of the "Euromaidan" protests in early December.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a bill granting amnesties to anyone detained during the recent pro-European Union demonstrations in Ukraine.
Russia says it will transfer payment for its purchase of $3 billion worth of Ukraine's Eurobonds on December 24.
Tens of thousands of pro-European Union supporters have rallied in Kyiv and gathered on the city's Independence Square for a fifth straight Sunday.
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