KYIV, Aug 4 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has drawn up recommendations regarding the reform of the State Fiscal Service after joint work from July 19 through August 1, the Finance Ministry reported.

KYIV, Aug 7 – The Secretariat of Economy of Mexico has imposed provisional countervailing duties on imports of seamless steel tubes from South Korea, Spain, India and Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 7 – Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said Ukraine was important for European peace and security and assured Poland will be standing ready to support Kyiv’s integration with Europe.

KYIV, Aug. 7 – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that Russia has been showing "some willingness" to start talking about a resolution to the crisis in Ukraine, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Aug 7 - Officers from the cyber crime department have detained a male resident of the town of Nikopol, the Dnipro region, who they believe has been involved in disseminating the computer virus called Petya.A and infecting about 400 computers.

WARSAW, Aug 8 - Ukraine and Lithuania are protesting a proposal by Poland’s nationalist government to include images in Polish passports of landmarks in formerly Polish cities that are now within the borders of those neighboring countries, AP reported.

KYIV, Aug 7 – A German government envoy on decentralization will begin work in Ukraine soon, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Utilities Sector Hennadiy Zubko said.

KYIV, Aug 8 - During the first half of 2017, only one third of criminal cases on corruption crimes were considered at Ukrainian courts and 469 officials were convicted, of which 121 were sentenced to imprisonment.

KIEV. Aug. 8 - A 4.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in the south of Donetsk region at around 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

KIEV, Aug. 8 - Ukraine has reported an increase in Russian military activity on the border with annexed Crimea as activists on the peninsula claim an armored column of Russian military vehicles has been spotted moving north into the region, Newsweek reported.