KIEV, April 1 – Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has explained the rules for visiting Crimea for foreign citizens, in response to a Russian Foreign Ministry statement.

KIEV, April 1 - Parliament passed a resolution on immediate disarmament of illegal armed groups in the country.

A total of 256 deputies voted for this resolution authored by Batkivschyna faction leader Serhiy Sobolev at a meeting on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 2 – Ukraine has proposed that Russia grant official status to the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

KIEV, April 2 – President Viktor Yanukovych made over UAH 4.8 million last year, according to a declaration of 2012 income made public by the presidential administration.

KIEV, April 2 – Ukraine was on the verge of another political crisis on Tuesday after the ruling Regions Party effectively defeated an attempt by opposition groups to schedule the Kiev mayoral election for June 2.

KIEV, April 2 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will travel to Azerbaijan on Tuesday for a two-day visit to discuss future supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the country, the government’s press service reported Monday.

KIEV, April 2 – The Ukrainian authorities, after two weeks of resisting a request by the European Court of Human Rights, on Monday allowed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment outside of prison.

KIEV, March 30 – Interpol's bureau in Rome has confirmed that former head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration and the leader of the Kharkiv regional branch of the Batkivschyna Party Arsen Avakov has been arrested for extradition.

KIEV, March 30 – Germany's Bundestag is currently not ready to ratify the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union Gunther Krichbaum said in an interview with Deutsche Welle.

KIEV, April 2 – The average weighted hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market as of April 1 continued strengthening after a 1.2% strengthening in January to March, Valeriy Lytvytsky the head of the group of advisors to the central bank's governor, said.