KYIV, April 4 - The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Wednesday adopted a draft resolution on signing an agreement with the European Commission (EC) on financing the program for support of energy efficiency in Ukraine - EE4U for a period of seven years.

KIEV, April 5 – Independent supervisory boards in 15 largest Ukrainian state owned enterprises (SOEs) will be appointed by the end of June, according to a memorandum between the government and the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, April 4 – Ukraine’s economic growth may slow down to 2% in 2017 from an earlier estimate of 2.9% due to a trade blockade with the breakaway territories, the International Monetary Fund said.

KIEV, April 5 – The World Bank projects Ukraine's budget deficit would expand to 3.1% of GDP in 2017 due to an increase in the minimum wage and the large deficit of the Pension Fund.

KIEV, April 4 – Ukraine will probably return to borrowing on international capital markets in 2017, three years after defaulting on debt, the International Monetary Fund said in a report.

KIEV, April 4 - The International Monetary Fund warned Ukraine that domestic politics could derail vital reforms such as raising the pension age and tackling corruption that are needed to crank up economic growth and tame high public debt, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 5 – President Petro Poroshenko has come under pressure from human rights organizations to amend recently approved legislation that may be used to punish investigative journalists exposing corruption in the government.

KIEV, April 5 - Ukraine's fiscal service will examine the documents relating to President Petro Poroshenko's offshore assets that were published over the weekend after a massive data leak, the head of the service, Roman Nasirov, said on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 4 – Transparency International in Ukraine has urged the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) to promptly launch an electronic declaration system, and urged President Petro Poroshenko to submit a truthful declaration.

KIEV, April 5 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has named his priorities for the development of Ukraine and promised to not respond to criticism from political opponents.