KIEV, Aug. 6 - The National Bank of Ukraine expects that restoration of control over inflation and strengthening of monetary stability will allow it closer to ease monetary policy and support economic activity towards the end of 2015.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – The State Statistics Service in July 2015, for the first time since August 2013, recorded deflation in Ukraine, which amounted to 1%, while in June inflation was 0.4%, in May - 2.2%.

KIEV, Aug. 7 - Sending a summons to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych for questioning is a formal part of the procedure of his trial in absentia, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office said.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - President Viktor Yanukovych acted on Thursday to clear the way for arch-foe Yulia Tymoshenko to be tried on embezzlement and tax evasion charges from her hospital bed by signing legislation permitting a court to use a video link.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday signed into law the ratification of a free trade agreement with Russia and six other former Soviet states 10 months after its signature by the prime minister.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – The U.S. issued its second statement over the past three days urging the Ukrainian government to consider immediately releasing imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, citing signs of “politically motivated prosecution.”

KIEV, Aug. 9 – Ukraine plans to “reform” its pension system with the objective of putting it on a sound financial footing, including through a gradual increase in the pension age for women from 55 to 60 years, by adding six months every year starting in 2010 with the aim of equalizing the pension age for all workers.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - Ukraine’s household natural gas prices will increase by another 50% in April 2011 as part of energy sector reform agreed with the International Monetary Fund, the IMF said in a statement Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – Peat fires have been registered throughout the territory of Kiev region, the Emergencies Ministry said on Monday.

Firefighters are currently extinguishing a fire on 0.6 hectares of peat bog in the village of Rakivka Vyshgorod district, 0.35 hectares of peat bog in the vicinity of the village of Ozera, Borodianka district, and on 0.4 hectares in the village of Hostomel, Irpin district, the ministry said.

KIEV, Aug. 7 – UEFA has decided to open an International Broadcasting Center (IBC) in Warsaw to broadcast matches of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, Kommersant Ukraine newspaper reported on Friday.