KYIV, Aug. 25 - Forces fighting in eastern Ukraine have committed to a ceasefire before the start of the new school year, BBC reported citing OSCE representative Ambassador Martin Sajdik.

KYIV, Aug. 27 - Kurt Volker, the U.S. special envoy for efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine, said that the country is not ready yet to join NATO, RFE/RL reported Saturday.

BAKHMUTIVKA, Aug 21 – President Petro Poroshenko opened a new radio and television broadcasting station in Bakhmutivka in the Luhansk region on Tuesday, which will ensure the broadcasting of Ukrainian TV and radio channels in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the signing of an agreement with the Polish government on the provision of a loan by Poland under tied aid conditions.

According to cabinet resolution No. 855-r of August 19, 2015, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko has been authorized to sign the agreement.

KIEV, Aug. 27 - Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Thursday reported the death of eight people in fresh clashes that endanger nascent talks on a new truce agreement for the war-torn separatist east.

KIEV, Aug. 27 - Ukraine reached what its finance minister called a "win-win" deal with its largest group of creditors to ease repayments on its $18 billion debt, winning breathing space for an economy drained by the cost of fighting with pro-Russian separatists, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has announced that the customs service will undergo a staff reshuffle due to numerous complaints.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – Poland, Belarus and Georgia are the most popular countries among Ukrainians, with Russia being the least popular, according to a poll conducted by the Rating sociological group.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine said that after Russia annexed Crimea, it lost control over 27 companies, the net asset value of which as of 2008-2009 was UAH 1 billion.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The Ukrainian government is providing all the required support to the National Bank of Ukraine for the stabilization of the hryvnia exchange rate and expects that the exchange rate will stabilize in the near future, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.