KIEV, May 5 – The U.S. Congress has approved a 2017 consolidated appropriations act allotting at least $560 million of assistance to Ukraine, the Ukrainian embassy to the United States reported.

OTTAWA, May 9 - Ukraine is looking for Canada's backing as the embattled eastern European country establishes a special court to deal with anti-corruption cases, CNC News reported.

KIEV, May 9 - Ukrainian police arrested dozens of people during tense events to commemorate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, which are now an annual flashpoint as Ukraine tries to escape Russia’s grip and align with the West, the Irish Times reported.

KIEV, May 5 - The Economic Development and Trade Ministry at a meeting about liberalizing forex regulation with the participation of representatives of the National Bank of Ukraine and the Finance Ministry reached an agreement to develop a roadmap for minimizing bureaucratic obstacles.

KIEV, May 5 – The technical mission of the International Monetary Fund has recommended that the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market switch to self-financing by introducing certain administrative fees linked to the performance indicators of market participants.

KIEV, May 6 - Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the bill on amendments to a number of legal acts regarding state banks management.

KIEV, May 6 - The International Monetary Fund has retained its forecast for Ukraine's economic growth in 2016 at 1.5% and in 2017 at 2.5%, according to an economic survey of the central and southern states of Eastern Europe (CEE Outlook), posted on the fund's website.

KIEV, May 6 – Ukrainian representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, has declared progress in the humanitarian and economic aspects of the Donbas settlement process at the Minsk negotiations.

KIEV, May 9 – President Petro Poroshenko’s government is ready to use peaceful and military measures to take under its control regions currently occupied by Russian forces, a senior official said Monday.

KIEV, May 8 - President Viktor Yushchenko said the recent blast at a major natural gas pipeline was result of professional neglect and called for resignation of the transportation minister after the accident.