KYIV, July 3 – Ukraine should improve its waste management by bringing the practice up to standards of the European Union, by focusing its prevention and re-use, EU diplomats said.

KYIV, July 4 – Ukraine expects that the World Trade Organization (WTO) would make a decision on a complaint of Ukraine against Russia, which since 2016 has restricted transit of cargo to Kazakhstan and Kirgizstan across its territory, by the end of this year.

KYIV, July 5 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman warned on Thursday he may seek to deploy the armed forces to fight rampant smuggling amid massive border control failures and growing illegal trade.

KYIV, July 5 – Ukraine is looking for ways to avoid massive hike in natural gas prices and has recently proposed a new, moderate option, a government official said Thursday.

The massive hike is demanded by the International Monetary Fund as a key condition for resuming $17 billion loan, but the measure is sensitive and highly unpopular.

WASHINGTON, July 5 - The NATO alliance has no plans to abandon its strong support for Ukraine despite concerns from the Hungarian government, which became public this week, the Voice of America (VOA) reported Thursday.

KIEV, July 4 - Ukraine's State Border Service says that currently the residents of Polish border area have unblocked Hrushiv checkpoint (Lviv region), while Shehyni, Rava-Ruska and Krakovets remain blocked.

KIEV, July 4 – The allocation of the second part of the third tranche from the International Monetary Fund is linked, among other things, with the prospect of settling the issue of increasing the pension age in Ukraine, Senior Economic Advisor to the prime minister Ivan Miklos said.

KIEV, July 4 - The Economic Development and Trade Ministry-proposed package of mirror countermeasures to new trade and transit restrictions imposed by Russia is being coordinated in the government, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Trade Representative of Ukraine, Natalia Mykolska said.

KIEV, July 5 - Ukraine’s parliament has stripped a lawmaker closely associated with former President Viktor Yanukovych accused of misappropriating more than $60 million of his immunity.

KIEV, July 5 - The halt in gas purchases from Russia will not affect Ukraine's preparations for the winter, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn told reporters.