KYIV, Dec 12 – Almost 3.7 million tourists, including 1.5 million foreigners, visited the city of Kyiv in January through September, the Kyiv City Council reported Thursday.

KYIV, Dec. 12 - Ukrainian police have detained five people, including a pediatric surgeon and a rock musician, over the killing of an investigative journalist in a car bomb in July 2016, law enforcement officials said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

SABETTA, Dec 12 – Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission over natural gas supplies may start in January, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters.

BRUSSELS, Dec 12 - Ukraine over the past five years implemented a number of very important reforms, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said at a meeting of the European Parliament dedicated to the implementation of the EU-Ukraine association agreement.

BRUSSELS, Dec 12 – The European Parliament on Wednesday approved resolution that calls for cancellation of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project amid concerns of growing energy dependence on Moscow.

KYIV, Dec 11 – Some 82% of Ukrainians assess the social and economic situation in the country as bad, according to a poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

KYIV, Dec 12 – Ukrainians in 2018 were most interested in the football World Cup, third season of Mazhor TV series and the Eurovision 2018 song contest, Google Ukraine has reported, referring to the top Google searches in 2018.

KYIV, Dec 8 – Parliament adopted amendments to the Tax Code to ensure the balance of budget revenues in 2018, which foresees an increase in excise duties for tobacco products by 29.7%, environmental tax rates by 11.2%, and royalty (apart from production of extractable resources) by 16.8%.

KYIV, Dec 8 - A number of documents on bilateral cooperation were signed in Vilnius on Friday between Ukraine and Lithuania

President Petro Poroshenko and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite had the 10th meeting of the Council of Presidents of the two countries, the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state has reported.

KYIV, Dec 8 – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2018 could set the terms and procedure for hearing Ukraine vs Russia disputes, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said.