MOSCOW, Jan. 8 – The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014 entitled "The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business" will be cover the prospects of Russia and Ukraine during its sessions.

KIEV, Jan. 9 - Ukraine's State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service has introduced a ban on the export of live pigs and pork from the villages of Komyshne, Kolesnykivka and Yuhanivka in Luhansk region in connection with a registered case of African swine fever (ASF).

KIEV, Jan. 9 - Ukraine has the necessary means and resources to achieve stability and development in 2014 if its society unites, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Jan. 9 - Ukraine should start practical negotiations with the European Union on the terms of the signing of an association and free trade agreement, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Jan. 9 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday expanding cooperation with Russia will help Ukraine accelerate economic growth in 2014, but added that political crisis remains the only risk to stability.

KIEV, Jan. 3 – The issuance of biometric passports in Ukraine will start no earlier than in April, the Segodnia Newspaper reported with reference to the Ukrainian Internal Ministry's press service.

KIEV, Jan. 4 – Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has described a statement made by a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry concerning Kiev's relations with the Customs Union as serious economic blackmail.

KIEV, Jan. 9 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday appointed Oleksandr Yakymenko as the chief of the SBU, the country’s security service, replacing Igor Kalinin.

KIEV, Jan. 9 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday nominated Ihor Sorkin, a deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, to the top post at the NBU, a nomination that needs to be approved by Parliament.

DONETSK, Jan. 9 – Police nabbed two suspects in the murder of five Privatbank employees during an armed bank robbery in Donetsk before the New Year, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, the interior minister, said on Friday.