KYIV, Jan 27 – Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov has chaired a meeting of the task force to monitor and analyze the situation of the spread of coronavirus 2019-n-CoV in the world, to assess the threats to national security, the state of the organization of anti-epidemic protection of the citizens and employees of the diplomatic missions of Ukraine located in China.

KYIV, Jan 28 – The main risks of the new coronavirus pandemic are the additional expansion of the trade deficit and the increase in the cost of external borrowing for Ukraine, Oleksandr Martynenko, the head of the corporate analysis unit at ICU Investment Group, said.

KYIV, Jan 25 – The Government of Ukraine and the Swiss Federal Council have signed a protocol amending the bilateral convention on the avoidance of double taxation.

KYIV, Jan 28 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, during a meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide has said that Kyiv is counting on Oslo's most effective role in strengthening European and Euro-Atlantic unity in countering the aggressive actions of the Russian Federation.

KYIV, Jan 28 – The National Academy of Science of Ukraine has said that the introduction of Hyperloop technology in the country is promising, and presented the steps which will be the basis for the implementation of the project, according to a posting on the website of the Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry.

KYIV, Jan 25 - The agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers and the government of Uruguay on the mutual abolition of visa requirements comes into force on February 15, 2019, the consular service department of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.

KYIV, Jan 28 – The EU Mission headed by Thomas Mayr-Harting, Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia in the European External Action Service, and Peter Wagner, Director of the European Commission's Support Group for Ukraine, will visit the regions adjacent to the Azov Sea from January 27 to February 2.

KYIV, Jan 28 – The UN will play the key role in providing security and organizing elections in eastern Ukraine, according to a new peace plan suggested by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

DAVOS, Jan 24 - Maros Sefcovic, the Vice President of the European Commission in charge of the Energy Union, has invited Russia and Ukraine to discuss with each other future transit of Russian gas through Ukraine following the Stockholm arbitration ruling in their gas contract dispute.

KYIV, Jan 24 - The highest level of intolerance and conflict between internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the host community was recorded in Kharkiv region, a national-level adviser for internally displaced persons at the Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine, Anastasia Odintsova, has said.