PARIS, Feb. 5 – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday urged Ukraine to step up efforts to fight corruption and assured his country’s strong support for a peaceful resolution of the war in Donbas.

KYIV, Feb. 5 - Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili on Monday said an appeals court rejected his appeal for protection against possible extradition in a decision he said was politically motivated, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Feb 6 – Responding to mounting pressure from the U.S. and the European Union to step up battle against corruption, President Petro Poroshenko urged lawmakers to approve a bill that creates special anti-corruption court.

KYIV, Feb. 6 - Ukraine's Parliament on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning a Polish bill that imposes jail terms for denying that Ukrainian nationalists committed crimes against Poles in 1925-1950 or collaborated with Nazi Germany, saying it could harm relations, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Feb. 6 – Ukraine's general payments on state debt in 2017 using national budget funds are estimated at UAH 240.897 billion. 30% of it or UAH 72.199 billion is payments on foreign debt, according to the state debt management program for 2017 approved by the Finance Ministry on January 31 and published last week.

KIEV, Feb. 6 – There are no risks for macroeconomic stability after the increase of minimum wage since the start of the year from UAH 1,600 to UAH 3,200, Chairman of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine Bohdan Danylyshyn said.

KIEV, Feb. 6 – The growth of Ukraine's unemployment rate could accelerate as a result of the country's doubling of its monthly minimum wage (to UAH3,200 from UAH1,600) at the beginning of the year, the National Bank of Ukraine warned.

KIEV, Feb. 6 – President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Donald Trump had a “classy” conversation by phone on Saturday that raises hope for optimism, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said Monday.

KIEV, Feb. 3 - Foreign Pavlo Klimkin has carried out a visit to Israel in the framework of strengthening bilateral relations, said Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 5 – EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule has expressed regret that the Ukrainian authorities have failed to pass the necessary legislation to switch to the second stage of the action plan on liberalization of visa regime.