Two people meet and one begins talking in his or her preferred language – say, Ukrainian. The other responds in Russian, and the conversation takes off, going back and forth, seemingly without missing a beat. If you didn’t listen closely, you might never guess that there are two distinctly different languages in play.

KIEV, Ukraine - Three factions in Ukraine's Parliament, the Regions Party, the Communist Party and the Lytvyn' s blok, decided to create a new ruling coalition along with some individual lawmakers, said a leader of the Regions Party on Wednesday.
Oleksandr Lavrinovych

ISTANBUL, Turkey - An armed Turkish man who attempted to force his way into the Ukrainian Consulate General in Istanbul was shot by police and later died in hospital on Tuesday.

An unidentified gunman is carried to an ambulance after he was shot and wounded in front of the Ukrainian consulate in Istanbul March 9, 2010. A security guard shot and wounded a gunman, believed to have been carrying a bomb, when he tried to enter the Ukrainian consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, media said.

MOSCOW, Russia - Ukraine’s newly elected president, Viktor F. Yanukovich, arrived in Moscow on Friday promising a “sharp turn” in his country’s relations with Russia, five years after the Orange Revolution chilled ties between the two neighbors.

KIEV, Ukraine - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's governing majority in Ukraine's parliament collapsed Tuesday, bringing her newly elected rival, President Viktor Yanukovych, a step closer to his goal of removing her from office.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko made her speech during her briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.