KHARKIV, Dec. 13 – Ukrainians will be able to travel visa free to European Union member states in several months, according to EU representative in Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 10 – The deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) with the European Union opens large opportunities for Ukraine, although Ukrainian business requires adapting to European rules and facilitating access to international financing to use them, First Vice President of the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Vasyl Khmelnytsky said.

KIEV, Dec. 10 – President Poroshenko has accepted credentials from Swiss ambassador Guillaume Scheurer, Moldovan Ruslan Bolbocean, Albanian Shpresa Kureta, Irish Charles Sheehan, Chile Alfredo Garcia Castelblanco, and Uruguayan Pablo Ernesto Scheiner Correa.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – President Petro Poroshenko says he is not happy with the results of the fight against corruption and demands more decisive steps in the beginning of 2016.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – Ukraine's government has managed to cut state debt from $73 billion to $66 billion due to debt restructuring and swaps for low-cost, long-term loans, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Dec. 11 - Fighting broke out among members of Ukraine's ruling coalition in parliament on Friday after a member of President Petro Poroshenko's bloc physically picked up Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk and pulled him from the podium, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – Brussels is ready to hold the next EU-Ukraine Summit in Luxemburg in the summer of 2013 said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.

KIEV, Dec. 13 - Ukraine’s government picked APCO Worldwide Inc., a Washington-based strategic communication firm, to promote globally a planned $1 billion liquefied natural gas terminal project, according to an official announcement Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 13 – Parliament voted on Thursday to approve Mykola Azarov for a new term as prime minister with President Viktor Yanukovych quickly signing a decree to appoint him to the post.

KIEV, Dec. 13 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Tuesday for the first time admitted that Ukraine may be forced to pay high prices for Russian natural gas next year, a sign that gas talks are in trouble.