GOMEL REGION, April 27 - President Petro Poroshenko and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko have agreed on expanding access to the Belarusian market for Ukrainian goods and services.

KIEV, April 27 - Ukraine plans to jam the airwaves transmitting broadcasts in support of Moscow-backed separatists in the eastern Donbas region, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a top Ukrainian defense official.

MINSK, April 26 – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said that the republic is ready to share its experience with Ukraine in addressing the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which happened 31 years ago.

KIEV, April 27 – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, meeting with Ukrainian MPs, denied reports that the United States was pushing for specific dates for elections in disputed Donbas.

KIEV, April 27 – The European Union has confirmed that Ukraine-EU summit which was scheduled for May 19 will be postponed until September by mutual agreement.

KIEV, April 27 - The Ukrainian government on Wednesday unified natural gas tariffs for consumers as it seeks to meet demands by the International Monetary Fund to secure financial aid.

KIEV, April 26 – The share of non-performing loans in the Ukrainian banking system exceeds 40%, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Kateryna Rozhkova said.

KIEV, April 26 – A Chernobyl radiation-ecological biosphere reserve will be created on an area of 227,000 hectares in the Ivankivsky and Polisky districts of the Kiev region, within the limits of the zone of exclusion and mandatory evacuation polluted by the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

KIEV, April 26 – Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy, and United States Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Victoria Nuland met in Kiev on Tuesday to discuss bilateral cooperation and reforms in Ukraine.

KIEV, April 27 – Ukraine does not have a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) monitoring system or experience in monitoring and informing medical workers on the level of HAI in the country, meaning the majority of medical workers do not understand the HAI problem, Scientific Affairs and Education Leader in Central and Eastern Europe at 3M Health Care Przemyslaw Lenartowicz said.