Budapest - Ukraine would never cut the flow of Russian gas into Hungary or other European markets, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Tuesday during an official visit to Hungary. Yushchenko was speaking after a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Solyom, at which they signed agreements to cooperate in foreign affairs and agriculture.

Kiev  - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday demanded Poland's government act to reduce massive lorry queues on their border, the Interfax news agency reported.

Yushchenko, in a message to Poland's Foreign Ministry, called the current waits of more than 24 hours for lorry drivers attempting to enter Poland due to customs formalities "unacceptable."

Ukraine's border police will monitor the situation and will report to the president "personally," according to the report.

Kiev/Moscow - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko for the first time suggested an openness to having early elections as around 50,000 opposition supporters protested in Kiev on Friday against the forces of the president's so-called Orange Revolution of 2004.

Yushchenko was ready "to make a decision about simultaneous (presidential and parliamentary) elections," the Interfax news agency quoted the Ukrainian head of state as saying, adding that: "I have no fear of early elections."

Kiev - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday proposed a massive overhaul of the country's constitution, an idea rejected almost immediately by opposition leaders.

The proposal includes making Parliament bicameral, with a national assembly of short-term members of parliament (MPs) responsible for day-to-day legislation, particularly fiscal policy. A long-serving senate would be responsible for most official appointments of, among others, judges and ministers.

Prague - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday that Ukraine would oppose replacing Kiev's efforts to join the European Union with EU's Eastern Partnership plan to bring closer six ex-Soviet states, including Ukraine.

"We do not want this partnership to be an alternative, a substitute for our entrance to the European Union," he said through an interpreter after meeting his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus.

Kiev  - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday said his country would contribute all four planned venues for the Euro 2012 competition, despite severe financial problems.

Yushchenko speaking to reporters in Kiev rejected a Polish media suggestion that six of the eight venues for the tournament be in Poland, and that Ukraine's host share be reduced from four to two sites.

"We have all indications that we can guarantee a normal preparation process (for Euro 2012)," Yushchenko said.