KIEV, Dec. 1 - The world needs a new security system now that the post-war organizations, both European and global, have ceased to be effective and cannot protect a single country, President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview with the German television and radio station ARD.

KIEV, Dec. 1 - Ukraine has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Minsk protocol and is doing everything so as not to leave residents of Donbas in trouble, President Petro Poroshenko said.

VILNIUS, Nov. 28 – The decision of the Ukrainian government to take a pause in the preparations for the signing of the Association Agreement will result in a mass outflow of investment from the country and will only intensify its financial problems, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said.

KIEV, Nov. 29 – President Viktor Yanukovych has urged the EU to work together on a program of economic assistance to Ukraine.

"At present, including in connection with the new trade and economic circumstances, Ukraine needs to prepare not only for the timely implementation of the Association Agreement, but also to minimize the negative effects of the initial period, which will certainly be felt by the most vulnerable segments of the population," the president said in his opening remarks at a meeting of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius on Friday.

KIEV, Dec. 1 – Protesters will swarm the government’s offices and block Kiev’s main streets on Monday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and other ministers, opposition leaders said Sunday.

KIEV, Dec. 1 – Opposition groups on Sunday warned police against any plans to storm several buildings in downtown Kiev that had been taken over by protesters earlier in the day and that are being used to coordinate the protest.

The warning comes hours after police told the protesters to vacate the premises or face a forceful evacuation by the riot police units.

KIEV, Dec. 1 – Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Sunday angered by the government’s decision to postpone integration with the European Union.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – The interdepartmental working group headed by Valeriy Piatnytsky, the Ukrainian government's commissioner for European integration is to prepare by December 20 well-grounded proposals regarding the possibility and appropriateness of revising Ukraine's tariff liabilities as a part of the World Trade Organization.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 1 – Kiev may apply for membership of the European Union, provided it adheres to the principles of democracy, and an EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is an instrument for achieving this goal, according to the European Parliament.

JERUSALEM, Dec. 1 - President Victor Yanukovych received an extremely warm welcome on Thursday from his Israeli counterpart President Shimon Peres, The Jerusalem Post reported.