KIEV, Sept. 30 – The attraction of a third tranche of macrofinancial assistance from the European Union has been postponed until next year, Ukrainian Deputy Finance Minister Yuriy Butsa said.
KIEV, Oct. 2 - Ukraine's army and pro-Russian separatists both announced Saturday the pull back of their troops from a small eastern city as agreed in a demilitarization accord signed last month.
KIEV, Sept. 29 – The Ukrainian government on Thursday received $1 billion from placing U.S. secured eurobonds, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said.
KIEV, Oct. 2 – Ukrainian Interior Minister, People's Front Military Council member Arsen Avakov has ruled out the construction of a wall between Ukraine and the territories controlled by militants.
VILNIUS, Oct. 2 - Lithuania could block Russia's road and rail access to its enclave of Kaliningrad if Moscow keeps pressuring its neighbors over their ties to the European Union, Reuters reported, citing the Baltic state's foreign minister.
KIEV, Oct. 1 – In spite of international business opposition, President Viktor Yanukovych has signed the law on the depository system in Ukraine, under which the single central depository and the single clearing center are created in the country, and which will be under the control of the state and the National Bank of Ukraine in the first years of their operation.
KIEV, Oct. 1 – The surplus of Ukraine's balance of payments in August 2012 came to $615 million, which is 24% down on the previous month, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.
KIEV, Oct. 2 - Ukraine will buy two offshore platforms to boost domestic natural gas output, state oil and gas firm Naftogaz said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to ease its dependence on imports from Russia.
KIEV, Oct. 2 - Parliament on Tuesday took a first step toward making the promotion of homosexuality a criminal offence punishable by prison despite appeals from human-rights groups, who said the move was discriminatory.
KIEV, Oct. 2 – Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to scrap a bill that would have introduced jail sentences of up to five years to journalists for spreading “libelous” information.
