KIEV, May 11 – Parliament needs to pass 14 important bills for effective continuation of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund within the next two plenary sessions, Economic Development and Trade Minister Stepan Kubiv said at a coordination meeting with parliamentary factions.

KIEV, May 11 – Ukraine's Health Ministry has published a draft concept on healthcare system reform. The document envisages the creation of a national agency to finance healthcare as a single national contractor for medical services and to introduce a government-guaranteed medical service package.

KIEV, May 8 – The economic part of EU-Ukraine Association agreement will come into effect without delays, Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius said during a working visit to Brussels.

BRUSSELS, May 8 – Despite the significant progress in the implementation of the visa liberalization action plan by Kiev, much has not been done, the European Commission said.

WASHINGTON, May 11 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday to discuss Ukraine and other issues, the United States said on Monday in a statement that made no mention of their deep disagreements, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, May 11 - NATO's chief said on Monday that Russia had built up forces on the border with Ukraine and sent more military hardware into eastern Ukraine, enabling pro-Russia separatists to launch attacks with little warning if they chose, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 8 - The Cabinet of Ministers has promulgated a decree which defines monthly wages for persons holding managerial positions and the posts of investigators for particularly important cases in the main investigation department of the Interior Ministry, who are engaged in pre-trial investigation into criminal cases on corruption.

MOSCOW, May 8 - Ukraine is de facto phasing out its participation in the activities of the Commonwealth of Independent States but its formal withdrawal from the organization is unlikely to happen, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said.

KIEV, May 8 – The crisis settlement road map Ukraine has received from OSCE has no recommendation on a halt to the counter-terrorism operation that is currently under way in the country.

KIEV, May 11 - One man was shot dead and a second was wounded when the Ukrainian National Guard tried to disperse a crowd outside a municipal building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Krasnoarmeisk, Interfax-Ukraine news agency said.