KYIV, Aug 10 - The electoral process in Ukraine will speed up the launch of the work of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC), and the persons involved in the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) will speed up the process of consideration in courts to avoid being subject to an anti-corruption court, Director of the NABU Artem Sytnyk has said.

BRUSSELS, Aug 13 - The European Union views the adoption of legislation to create a High Anti-Corruption Court in Ukraine as a positive event that meets its international obligations and the interests of Ukrainian citizens and enterprises, the official spokesperson of the European External Action Service has said.

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 – U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019, authorizing $717 billion for national defense.

KYIV, Aug 14 – The state-run defense company Ukroboronprom has started fire tests of the T-72 AMT main battle tank (MBT) with new high-precision weapons upgraded at Kyiv Armored Plant, taking into account the experience of combat practice, Ukroboronprom's reported.

KYIV, Aug. 14 - A security watchdog on Tuesday said for the first time it had spotted Russian-made weapons in rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine, despite the Kremlin insisting it has not provided arms in the conflict, AFP reported.

KYIV, Aug 13 - The European Business Association (EBA) has appealed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the directorate of the World Bank in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine with the request to support the second level of pension insurance in Ukraine, which is proposed by bill No. 6677.

KYIV, Aug 14 - The European Union has decided to issue EUR 15.5 million of budget assistance to Ukraine for the reform of the public administration sector, the press service of the EU Delegation to Ukraine has reported.

KYIV, Aug. 14 - Russia may have secretly supplied rocket engines to North Korea helping the country improve its missile technology to challenge the U.S., Ukrainian security officials and lawmakers said Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said that resumption of contacts between Russia and Turkey would not worsen Ukrainian-Turkish relations, but the resumption of the Turkish Stream project is in conflict of the interests of not only Ukraine, but also the whole of Europe.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – Nazar Kholodnytsky, head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), said that he expects the results of first examinations in the case of the so-called shadow costs of the Party of Regions by the end of summer.