PARIS, Sept. 9 - The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday agreed to hold an October summit on ending the conflict in Ukraine, as they welcomed reports that a truce in the east had been "generally respected since September 1,“ the French presidency said.

KIEV, Sept. 7 - The National Bank of Ukraine intends to increase its international reserves to $38 billion within four years, central bank head Valeriya Gontareva said at a meeting of the Financial Stability Board.

KIEV, Sept. 7 – President Petro Poroshenko will officially open the 12th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy Forum (YES) in Kiev on September 11.

KIEV, Sept. 8 - Thanks to the fight against corruption affecting VAT refunds, the Ukrainian budget has been supplemented with an additional UAH 2 billion, Prime Minister rseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Sept. 8 – President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine's government has prevented default and has provided micro-financial stabilization in the country.

KIEV, Sept. 9 – The Ukrainian Communist Party is launching a petition drive in support of an all-Ukrainian referendum on Ukraine's accession to the Customs Union, the party's press service has reported.

KIEV, Sept. 9 - Three English football fans were hospitalized and 10 more received minor injuries in a clash with Ukrainian youngsters in central Kiev before the crucial Ukraine-England 2014 World Cup qualifying match, police said Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 9 - The daughter of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says she is hopeful that her mother will be released to Germany for treatment of her back problem, paving the way for a landmark cooperation deal between this ex-Soviet republic and the European Union.

KIEV, Sept. 6 – A draft law on amending the law on telecommunications regarding the improvement of the procedure for obtaining information on consumers of telecommunications services and services provided by law-enforcement bodies, and the procedure for buying identification telecommunications cards by consumers, is at the stage of consideration and could be changed, the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 7 — A class-action lawsuit filed by an opposition leader and backed by 500,000 people seeking to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office was rejected by the High Administrative Court on Friday.