KIEV, Oct. 7 – The banking system will post a profit in 2017, according to Vitaliy Vavryschuk, director of the financial stability department of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 7 – Only 1.3 million out of 3.3 million citizens living in Donetsk region will be able to vote in nine out of 21 districts located on territory controlled by the Ukrainian army in the Oct. 26 early parliamentary elections, according to the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU).

KIEV, Oct. 8 – A Ukrainian delegation chaired by National Bank Governor Valeriya Gontareva and Finance Minister Oleksandr Shlapak left for Washington on Wednesday to participate in the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on October 10-12 in order to engage in the talks with the leadership of these international finance organizations, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Oct. 8 – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Volodymyr Hroisman has met with EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn as part of his visit to Brussels on October 8, the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 8 - Some of the four NATO trust funds that were formed to help Ukraine reform the security sector are ready for practical cooperation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

KIEV, Oct. 8 - Ukraine may appeal to the Stockholm court of arbitration to fix a temporary price for Russian gas and conditions for deliveries to Ukraine if an interim gas deal is not reached soon with Russia, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

GENEVA, Oct. 8 - The conflict in eastern Ukraine is still claiming about 10 lives a day among government troops, pro-Russian separatists and civilians despite a ceasefire agreed in early September, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 9 - Ukraine expects a ruling within a month by the Stockholm court of arbitration to fix a temporary price for Russian natural gas, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan said Thursday.

MOSCOW, Oct. 9 - Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko next week on the sidelines of a summit of Asian and European leaders in Milan, the Kremlin said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 9 – Ukraine warned the European Union on Wednesday not to allow pro-Russian rebels to carve out a de facto state and said that unlike other "frozen conflicts" in the former Soviet Union the conflict in this country's east could destabilize all of Europe, Reuters reported.