Russia aims to corner energy markets, a senior U.S. official said on Monday as Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived in Italy during a tour that has taken in eastern European states which are important transit routes.

European Union nations put renewed pressure on Russia on Saturday to live up to its word to withdraw its forces from Georgia under a cease-fire plan.

The new site incorporates the best elements of online news resources, in addition to the entire content of the soon-to-be expanded newspaper.

Vice President Dick Cheney, in the sharpest U.S. criticism of Russia since its brief war with Georgia, on Saturday accused Moscow of reverting to old tactics of intimidation and using "brute force."

KP Media, the leading publisher in Ukraine, is launching a redesigned Kyiv Post website at its same address starting Sept 7

Recreation and commercial bee output has put Ukraine in the top five worldwide in honey production, along with China, the U.S. and Argentina

A recent outbreak of food poisoning has raised questions about the way the street food is prepared, the quality of its ingredients and the hygiene of its cooks.

Despite its rusty look, the Russian fleet still enjoys a reputation as a major employer and taxpayer in Sevastopol but this is not altogether true

The Kyiv City Council is back in the dirty business of doling out land plots, evidently for far less than what the properties are worth

After weeks of speculation about the possibility of Moscow targeting Ukraine following its military standoff with Georgia, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has dubbed such fears as a "provocation"

Even as its own population is declining partly because women are unable or unwilling to have enough babies, Ukraine is becoming known internationally as a mecca of surrogate mothers

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney vowed on Thursday to stand by Georgia in its showdown with Russia, saying Moscow's military push into the ex-Soviet state was an "illegitimate" act which cast doubt on its reliability.

Despite its Soviet mood, city residents of all backgrounds live in peace, contrary to the alarmist scenarios imagined by outsiders in the wake of the Caucasus war

Infighting among the country's top politicians got uglier this week, as the pro-Western coalition all but collapsed and President Yushchenko threatened to dismiss parliament for the second time in two years