KIEV, June 3 – The new Ukrainian An-178 transport aircraft with a carrying capacity of 18 tons has made its debut in the summer program of ILA Berlin Air Show 2016 in Germany.

KIEV, June 3 - President Petro Poroshenko has welcomed the signing of the $1 billion loan guarantee agreement with the United States and expressed hope that the signing of the memorandum of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund will follow.

KIEV, June 4 – The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to create a financial and credit council to select projects that will receive government-secured loans, said MP Ihor Shvaika of the Svoboda Party, who was present at the meeting.

KIEV, June 6 – President Viktor Yanukovych pressed the European Union on Thursday to conclude a milestone political and trade deal with Ukraine this year but he gave no ground on a key EU demand of freeing jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, June 6 – Tensions rose in Parliament on Thursday as opposition groups blocked Parliament for the fourth time over the past seven months, making it harder for the government to stick to its legislative agenda.

KIEV, June 5 – Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych during the opening ceremony for the Euro 2012 European Football Championship in Warsaw on June 8 and during the closing ceremony in Kiev on July 1, Bronislaw Komorowski said.

ISTANBUL, June 5 – Ukraine will use the existing pause in its relations with the European Union to build Europe inside the country, President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

KIEV, June 5 – The chief department of the National Bank of Ukraine for Kiev and the surrounding region is ready to quickly satisfy the demand of banks for the national currency at their request (banknotes and coins of all denominations) in the period of hosting the Euro 2012 European football championship, reads a telegram to banks.

KIEV, June 6 - Russian President Vladimir Putin will probably travel to Ukraine on July 12 for a range of energy and economic talks, President Viktor Yanukovych said Wednesday.

Putin and Yanukovych met in Moscow on May 15, their first meeting after Putin’s inauguration to the presidency, but had failed to make progress in talks on lowering prices for Russian natural gas.

KIEV, June 6 – Ukraine must hold free and fair parliamentary elections in October as a condition for signing a comprehensive political and trade deal with the European Union, Economy Minister Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday.