KIEV, Jan. 12 – During his visit to Ukraine, billionaire and investor George Soros met with a number of the country's parliamentarians to discuss the creation of a National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the fight against corruption and the creation of an insurance fund for direct foreign investment, said Hanna Hopko (Samopomich Party), who chairs the Ukrainian parliamentary committee for foreign affairs.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – State borrowing in 2015 will total UAH 293.84 billion, including UAH 180.97 billion on the foreign market, according to tables to the law on the 2015 national budget, posted on the parliament's website.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – President Petro Poroshenko said Donbas may be granted special economic zone status if elections are conducted there according to Ukrainian legislation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - The United States plans to provide up to $2 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine this year, the U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday, as part of a broader international package to stave off bankruptcy, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 13 - A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s government threatened to take legal action to ban the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, one of the oldest and most powerful churches in the country, for allegedly supporting protesters.

KIEV, Jan. 11 – Parliament on Friday finally gave its approval to President Viktor Yanukovych’s planned reshuffle at the National Bank of Ukraine, appointing Ihor Sorkin the bank’s new governor.

KIEV, Jan. 12 – Parliament has rejected proposed amendments to laws of Ukraine regarding the declaration of incomes and expenses of high-ranking officials empowered to fulfill functions at state and local government bodies, and their relatives.

KIEV, Jan. 12 – President Viktor Yanukovych has approved an action plan to fulfill the duties and commitments of Ukraine linked to its membership of the Council of Europe, his press service reported.

KIEV, Jan. 13 - President Viktor Yanukovych has vetoed a law that would have entitled holders of a 95% stake in a corporation to force minority shareholders to sell their stakes.

The president returned the law with his proposals to Parliament on January 11, Parliament’s press service reported.