KYIV, Nov 4 - Kateryna Handzyuk, a Ukrainian civic activist and adviser to the mayor of the Black Sea port city of Kherson, has died from wounds she suffered from an acid attack three months ago.

KYIV, Nov 1 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was not as critical as Kyiv about the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and was in favor of Ukraine preserving its transit role after 2019.

KYIV, Nov 1 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) does not expect that the sanctions imposed by the Russian Federation would considerably affect macroeconomic stability of the country.

KYIV, Nov 1 – The Ukrainian-German high-level group will hold its tenth meeting in Berlin on November 28, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 4 – The Ukrainian government must disconnect Crimea from the power grid as a warning to the Crimean authorities against violating the human rights of the Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians, Refat Chubarov, a enior lawmakers and the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, said.

KIEV, Nov 4 – Ukraine’s consumer confidence index rose 3 percentage points in Q3 from Q2, but dropped one point from Q4 2014, to 51 points, according to the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions Survey.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 4 - Russia is not fully abiding by the terms of the Minsk peace deal for Ukraine and this will be taken into account by the European Union when it reviews its sanctions on Russia before the end of the year, the chairman of EU leaders said on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 4 - The Ukrainian government will stop withdrawing light weapons from the frontline of its war against separatists in the east if the pro-Russian rebels continue to violate a ceasefire, a senior security official said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

BERLIN, Nov. 4 - Top diplomats from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will meet Friday in Berlin for fresh talks on the conflict plaguing eastern Ukraine, a German foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday, AFP reported.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – The Cabinet of Ministers requires complete renewal, President Petro Poroshenko said.

"As for the composition of the government, the Cabinet of Ministers requires complete renewal, and liberation from unprofessionalism and corruption chains of the party-quota principle. It should be formed only on a professional basis, and it should finally start conducting reforms, relying on the parliament updated by more than half," reads a presidential address posted on the website of the head of state on Monday.