KYIV, April 24 – Former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who may join the Ukrainian government, said he would primarily focus on engaging in talks with the International Monetary Fund to help Ukraine get through coronavirus crisis.
KYIV, April 24 – Ukraine may start gradually lifting the lockdown after May 11 if number of coronavirus cases continues to show positive trend, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Monday. The lockdown was originally declared between March 24 and April 24.
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.
