OTTAWA, Nov. 26 - Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Vadym Prystaiko has said he is optimistic about the settlement of the issue of the simplification of the visa regime for Ukrainians traveling to Canada.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – Some MPs have proposed from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2018 to oblige all categories of consumers to install commercial meters for centralized heating and water supplies, and fine companies for not having heat meters, with the cost of installing meters in houses being estimated at UAH 3.8 billion in national and local budgets funds.

BRUSSELS/KIEV, Nov. 28 - The Ukrainian government and the European Commission in Brussels on Wednesday signed a joint statement on plans to expand cooperation in the EGNOS/Galileo project of the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).

VILNIUS, Nov. 28 - Kiev remains committed to its European integration course, says First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov.

OTTAWA, Nov. 28 – Ukraine and Canada will resume suspended negotiations on the creation of a free trade zone between the two countries, the speaker of Ukraine's parliament announced.

KIEV, Nov. 28 - The European Union told Ukraine it was risking its economic future by rejecting a free-trade deal in favor of closer ties with Russia, hours before a likely frosty encounter on Thursday evening between EU leaders and President Viktor Yanukovych, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – A ceremony to mark the signing of a number of agreements with the participation of President Viktor Yanukovych and President of the United Arab Emirates Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was held in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – Ukraine’s newly elected lawmakers will hold their first session on December 12, but President Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party has so far failed to create a coalition that would control the majority of seats in Parliament.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – The Ukraine-EU summit, which is scheduled for December 19 in Kiev, will be held in any case, the head of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with the EU on the association agreement, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, said.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – The government is planning to scale down its estimate of Ukraine's GPD growth for 2012 by the time of the second reading of the bill on the national budget, First Deputy Finance Minister of Ukraine, Anatoliy Miarkovsky said.