KIEV, Oct. 27 – The National Bank of Ukraine said it plans to toughen its requirements on the transparency of ownership structures of currency exchange offices belonging to non-bank institutions to equalize them with the requirements for bank exchange offices.

BRUSSELS/KIEV, Oct. 27 – The recent local elections in Ukraine are another important step in the consolidation of the country's democratic governance following the presidential and parliamentary elections last year, according to a statement by the EU External Action Service.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – The U.S. Department of State has said that the recent local elections in Ukraine reflect the will of Ukrainian people and Ukrainian democracy remains resilient.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Ukraine said Tuesday one of its soldiers had died in a mortar fire exchange with pro-Russian insurgents near the shelled-out remains of an airport in the rebels' de facto capital Donetsk, AFP reported.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 27 - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso have welcomed the October 26 parliamentary elections in Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Oct. 27 - The parliamentary election in Ukraine offers a chance for peace in the country's east, a deputy Russian foreign minister said on Monday but warned that "nationalists" in the chamber could undermine the process, RIA news agency reported.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Petro Poroshenko Bloc candidates are leading in 64 of the 197 constituencies with a first-past-the-post electoral system, or one in three, whereas the People's Front is ahead in 17, or approximately one in 12.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine's parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and to steer the country further away from Russia's orbit towards mainstream Europe, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has placed on the wanted list former Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova, who is a suspect in criminal proceedings on the large-scale embezzlement of state funds.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – Lithuania will continue to support Ukraine in creating strong, united and prosperous state sharing its experience and provide the necessary assistance, reads a Lithuanian MFA statement on the recent elections in Ukraine.