KYIV, July 6 – The epidemiological situation in Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa regions has improved and meets the Health Ministry criteria, while indicators in Kharkiv and Ternopil regions as of July 6 exceed the permissible norms, according to data published on Monday on the Ukrainian Health Ministry's website.

KYIV, July 6 – The International Monetary Fund must act decisively and perhaps suspend payments to Ukraine in order to protect the independence of the country’s central bank, former NBU governor Valeria Gontareva said.

KYIV, July 6 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy examined the wreckage site of the Delfi tanker during his working visit to Odesa region on Saturday, July 4.

KYIV, July 6 – Turkey will be the number one destination for Ukrainians who want to travel and spend their summer vacations abroad this year, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavusoglu.

WASHINGTON, July 5 – The United States is considering appointing an envoy to the negotiations over resolving a military conflict in eastern parts of Ukraine, Reuters reported Wednesday citing a senior U.S. State Department official.

LONDON, July 5 – Ukraine expects long-awaited state pension reforms to be passed after parliament's summer break, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said on Wednesday, suggesting there will be no loans from the IMF perhaps through the end of September.

KIEV, July 5 – Ukraine has stopped a second cyberattack, officials said Wednesday, suggesting that the digital campaign which paralyzed computers across the country and around the world is ongoing, AP reported.

KIEV, July 4 – European Parliament approved the increase of temporary additional trade preferences for imports of Ukrainian agricultural products and food.

KIEV, July 6 – Ukraine in the past year improved its indicators in the social progress index and entered the group of upper middle social progress countries, according to the 2017 Social Progress Index published by U.S. NGO Social Progress Imperative with support of Deloitte.

KIEV, July 6 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday assured President Petro Poroshenko that the country’s position will be respected during upcoming discussions with Russia of the conflict in Donbas.