KIEV, Nov. 9 – Health Minister Alexander Kvitashvili has signed a UAH 750 million agreement on medicine procurement using budget funds with Britain's Crown Agents international procurement development agency.

RIGA, Nov. 9 – The Ukrainian economy is beginning to stabilize as is the security situation in the country, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said, adding that it is crucial for the Ukrainian economy to return to growth as soon as possible.

KIEV, Nov. 9 - EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday to take tougher and more immediate action against corruption as his ex-Soviet country moves closer to Europe, AFP reported.

KIEV, Nov. 7 – Ukraine's international reserves shrank by 23.2% in October, to $12.587 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

"Their dynamics in October were predetermined by the need to support NJSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny (almost $2 billion) in part of the fulfillment by the company of government-backed liabilities on debt securities and payment for natural gas shipments by European suppliers," the report reads.

DONETSK, Nov. 9 - East Ukraine's rebel stronghold Donetsk was pummeled on Sunday by the heaviest shelling in a month, and the OSCE said it spotted an armored column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 6 – Russia is not going to work to let the situation in Donbas return to normal, Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov said in an interview with the TSN TV Channel, which will be broadcast on November 9.

KIEV, Nov. 6 – Mykola Tymchenko, the Ukrainian president's adviser and a candidate to Parliament from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, believes the content part of the coalition agreement will be ready by November 15.

KIEV, Nov. 9 - It is doubtful that Ukrainian scientists could have been involved in assisting Iran in its pursuit for a nuclear weapon, says Oleksandr Skybynetsky, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament’s Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc-Batkivschyna faction and a lieutenant-general of the Ukrainian Security Service.

KIEV, Nov. 9 – Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller met President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday in Kiev for “intensive” talks as Ukraine seeks lower natural gas prices, while Russia seeks control over Ukrainian gas pipelines, Gazprom reported.

KIEV, Nov. 8 – The main emphasis of preparations for the Euro 2012 football championship next year will be placed on transport, which includes the launch of high-speed trains between host cities and the completion of all road projects, Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov said.