BYuT faction leader Ivan Kyrylenko claims that Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has no intent to resign until a new coalition is formed. According to an UNIAN correspondent, he said this to journalists today. [more]

Messages are to be beamed to a planet 20 light years from Earth in the hope they will reach intelligent alien life, BBC reported. Some 501 photos, drawings and text messages are being transmitted by a giant radio-telescope in Ukraine normally used to track asteroids.  [more]

The number of Ukrainians that think the country is on the wrong track is growing, according to a survey conducted by the Socis Center for Social and Political Studies held on September 14-30. [more]

On the occasion of his official visit to Ukraine, the European Commissioner in charge of Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Ján Figel’, presented themes for future cooperation between the EU and Ukraine in the areas of education, culture, youth and sport.  [more]

Russia will provide $17 million to help improve safety at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world`s worst civilian nuclear disaster, and fully decommission it, a top Russian nuclear official said on Monday, according to RIA Novosti.  [more]

Poland and Ukraine have won a reprieve from UEFA and will remain as Euro 2012 joint hosts - but with a warning to speed up their preparations. UEFA inspectors had produced a critical report of the preparations and infrastructure but fears European football`s rulers would move the finals to another country have been laid to rest.  [more]

Under the terms of new legislation nominally intended to promote the repatriation of "Russian compatriots" and thus help solve Russia`s demographic problems, Moscow can now offer Russian Federation citizenship to more than eight million Ukrainians, even though the Ukrainian constitution prohibits dual citizenship.     [more]

Credit ratings agency Fitch is concerned the collapse of Ukraine`s coalition government could deter foreign investment, it said on Wednesday, but saw no immediate risk of a ratings downgrade, according to Reuters.  [more]

LONDON, England — The pledges of support given this week to Ukraine by David Miliband, the UK foreign secretary, and other European Union ministers must be followed by concrete action.

Ukraine wants desperately to become a member of the EU.

It is not enough for the EU to warn that Russia might try to build on its military victory in Georgia by targeting Ukraine and other vulnerable ex-Soviet republics. The west should respond – and the EU must play a big role in that response. [more]