KIEV, Sept. 1 - Whether the presidential bill proposing power-decentralization changes to the Constitution passes a second reading in Parliament will depend on how the situation evolves in eastern Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – Ukraine could make add up to UAH 5 billion to the national budget by ending its six-year ban on gambling, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko told reporters on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – The Radical Party faction leader Oleh Liashko, announcing his withdrawal from Ukraine's government coalition, accused the authorities of complicity in the 2013 Maidan killings, saying "Those who killed our brothers on Maidan are today sitting in the Verkhovna Rada."

KIEV, Sept. 1 - Ukraine's parliamentary majority showed signs of cracking Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was leaving the coalition over a measure to give more power to Ukraine's regions, including the rebel-held east.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 1 - The European parliament will send observers to early parliament elections in Ukraine slated for October 26, President Petro Poroshenko announced.

MINSK, Sept. 1 - Pro-Russia separatists sat down for preliminary Ukraine peace talks on Monday due to resume later this week in the Belarusian capital Minsk, saying they would be prepared to stay part of Ukraine if they were granted "special status,” Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 1 - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday that Ukraine's political leaders expect a new parliament to abandon the country's non-aligned status after an election next month in a possible prelude to an application to join NATO, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 1 - President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Monday of "direct and undisguised aggression" which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev's forces suffered a further reverse in their war with pro-Moscow separatists, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine expects to receive from Ukraine's Embassy in Libya information about the lifting of a ban on the departure from the port of Benghazi of the Etel ship with Ukrainian sailors on board.

MOSCOW, Aug. 29 - Russia has denied allegations that it is trying to force Ukraine to join the Belarusian-Kazakh-Russian Customs Union and urges the EU not to misinterpret the essence of the matter.