KIEV, May 14 – NATO has issued a statement welcoming Ukraine's success in promoting reforms but pointing to the necessity of accelerating steps in combating corruption.

KIEV, May 14 – Kiev hopes that cooperation with Slovakia will continue and the possibilities of reverse gas supplies from Slovakia will increase, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said at a meeting with Slovak Ambassador to Ukraine Juraj Sivacek.

MOSCOW, May 14 - A Zenit rocket assembled at Ukraine's Pivdenmash plant in Dnipropetrovsk will launch Russia's hydro-meteorological satellite Elektro-L No 2 in October, a source in the rocket and space industry has told Interfax-AVN.

KIEV, May 14 – President Petro Poroshenko and French President Francois Hollande have started a meeting in Aachen by discussing measures to de-escalate the situation in eastern Ukraine and the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit in Riga.

TBILISI, May 14 - The impact of Russia's economic crisis on its ex-Soviet neighbors will prove even more damaging than previously anticipated and continue into 2016, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Thursday.

BRUSSELS, May 14 - The European Commission has confirmed the EU's strong support for the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

MOSCOW, May 14 - Russia will restart gas talks with Ukraine if it pays off at least part of its gas debt, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, softening Moscow's stance in a dispute that has raised fears of a new "gas war,” Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 14 - Ukraine's interim leaders on Wednesday pushed a plan to allow the regions a greater say over their affairs, but the exclusion of separatists from round table talks cast doubt over whether the move could defuse the crisis, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 13 – The Council of the European Union has approved the amended EU-Ukraine visa facilitation agreement, Ukraine's commissioner on foreign policy and integration processes and representative to the EU, Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, said.

BRUSSELS, May 14 - The European Commission is to clear the way on Wednesday for Ukraine to sign trade and political agreements with the European Union, while stressing no deals are likely without further democratic reforms, Reuters reported Tuesday citing a diplomat.