KIEV, July 12 - European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn at a meeting with President Petro Poroshenko has assured the president the European Union would further support reforms in Ukraine, the presidential press service has said.

KIEV, July 12 – An International Monetary Fund team has completed negotiations with the Ukrainian government and will now report to the board of directors, which will decide on whether to resume lending to the country.

KIEV, July 11 - President Petro Poroshenko's activities are backed by 19% of Ukrainians, while 73% do not support them, the results of the survey conducted by the Rating Sociological Group between May 28 and June 14, 2016 suggested.

KIEV, July 11 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman spoke of Kiev's desire to expand its cooperation with Canada in the field of security and defense.

"Delivery of assistance and the training of our Armed Forces in the defense sector is critical. Of course, we would like to expand our cooperation, both in the defense area and in the field of security, enhancing our interaction to the largest extent possible," Hroysman said at a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, July 12 – The analysis of materials received by Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council from intelligence service, the Security Service of Ukraine and the state service of specialized communications and information protection gives grounds to say that Russia's aggression against Ukraine in cyberspace exists, NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said.

KIEV, July 10 – The Finance Ministry said that progress has been made in the negotiations on Ukraine's foreign debt restructuring.

"The step that we made last week – the confidentiality arrangement – is important, but not enough. We are to hold further talks," Deputy Finance Minister for European Integration Artem Shevalev said at a briefing on Thursday.

KIEV, July 10 – President Petro Poroshenko urged that the flow of smuggled goods be stopped, particularly across the contact line in Donbas.

KIEV, July 10 - German Chancellor Angel Merkel and French President Francois Hollande took the rare step Friday of pressing Ukraine's Western-backed leader to ensure partial self-rule for the pro-Russian separatist east, AFP reported.

MUKACHEVE, July 12 - Heavily armed ultra-nationalists in western Ukraine on Sunday set up roadblocks to stop security forces from disarming them the day after a shootout with police left at least two dead in the town of Mukacheve, AFP reported.

KIEV, July 12 - Ukraine's tax police raided the office of TVi television station on Thursday, three months before a parliamentary election, accusing the outlet, which is often critical of the government, of tax evasion.