KIEV, Aug. 3 – President of Kiev-based Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), Yuriy Miroshnikov has said that if Ukraine joins the Open Skies agreement of the European Union, domestic carriers would not be able to compete.

KIEV, Aug. 4 – The Regions Party, led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, will focus on social issues rather than on foreign policy while campaigning ahead of the Sept. 30 election, party officials said Saturday.

KYIV, July 4 – On Monday, the General Fund of the State Budget of Ukraine received the second tranche of the EFF extended financing loan of $890 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, July 4 – The government of the Netherlands has announced a second EUR 118 million aid package to Ukraine aimed at humanitarian and financial support, the Dutch government said in a statement.

MADRID, July 3 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday it was imperative for the European Union to address the issue of its enlargement as soon as possible to include countries such as Ukraine and Moldova to guarantee they do not fall under the influence of Russia or China.

ROME, July 4 - Pope Francis has dismissed rumors he plans to resign anytime soon and says that he hopes to visit Moscow and Kyiv after traveling to Canada later this month.

KYIV, July 4 – Ukraine may receive MiG-29 fighters and Soviet-made tanks from Slovakia before it receives the ordered new F-16 fighters, the delivery of which is delayed, and during this time the Czech Republic will help Slovakia in protecting the airspace, Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger said at a meeting with Head of the Czech government Petr Fiala.

LUGANO, July 4 - President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday the reconstruction of his war-battered country is the “common task of the entire democratic world,” as his prime minister laid out a $750 billion recovery plan once the guns of Russia’s invaders fall silent one day.

KYIV, July 5 – Representatives of the authorities of 42 countries signed the final declaration of Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, which condemned Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and called on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from the territory of Ukraine.

KYIV, July 5 – Russian occupiers have already stolen up to 500,000 tons of grain crops from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, while before the start of a full-scale invasion, there were about 1.5 million tons of grain in the occupied regions.