KYIV, July 26 – The Financial Stability Council, which includes the Finance Ministry, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and other financial regulators, said it is necessary to resume cooperation of Ukraine with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

KYIV, July 26 - Ukraine on Thursday extended a freeze on gas prices until at least Sept. 1, reducing its prospects of securing more money from the International Monetary Fund needed to keep its war-battered economy on a stable footing, Reuters reported.

KYIV, July 26 - Ukraine and its European allies have welcomed a US pledge never to recognize Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, while Russia mocked Washington for living in a “different reality,” The Irish Times reported.

KIEV, July 26 - Ukraine and Israel will hold the sixth round of negotiations to agree on the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries on Thursday, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported Wednesday.

KIEV, July 26 – President Petro Poroshenko stripped former ally turned rival Mikheil Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship, a move that effectively bars the popular politician from running for an elected office in Ukraine.

KIEV, July 26 – The High Court of Justice in London has approved a petition of Ukraine to suspend the execution of the ruling made on March 29 regarding $3 billion eurobonds bought by Russia, the Finance Ministry of Ukraine has reported on its website.

KIEV, July 27 - Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and Odesa regional governor who has been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, is vowing to resist what he called the "cowardly" move and to "continue fighting for a real European Ukraine," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.

KIEV, July 26 - The total amount of subsidies paid to families for housing and utility services in Ukraine amounted to UAH 2.479 billion in January-June, which is UAH 2.103 billion, or 6.6 times up year-over-year, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, July 26 – Ukraine has managed to get rid of its gas dependence on Russia, destroying the "energy weapon" of the Kremlin, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed over the phone the elaboration of a detailed roadmap for the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas.