KIEV, Jan. 25 – The main precondition for the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of decentralization should be the establishment of a complete ceasefire in Donbas, President Petro Poroshenko said.
KIEV, Jan. 26 – The Ukrainian government will carry out a policy aimed at opening new markets for Ukrainian products and creating new jobs in 2016, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.
DAVOS, Jan. 25 – Tackling of corruption has to be the top priority task for the Ukrainian authorities, otherwise the credit and confidence of international partners will be lost, said former European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso during Davos Ukrainian Breakfast on January 22.
KIEV, Jan. 25 - Ukraine may still reach an agreement with Russia on $3 billion of debt it defaulted on last month as talks mediated by Germany continue, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said, Bloomberg reported.
KIEV, Jan. 27 – The signing of a free-trade agreement (FTA) between Ukraine and Canada will promote an increase in goods turnover between the two countries and the inflow of Canadian investment to Ukraine, Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius said.
KIEV, Jan. 27 - Ukraine plans to sell state-owned coal mines to investors by the end of the year as part of a major privatization effort in the energy sector, Yuriy Ziukov, deputy energy and coal industry minister, said Tuesday.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 27 - EU finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to loan Ukraine 1.8 billion euros ($2.0 billion) to help save it from bankruptcy, leaving open the option of increasing aid at a later stage, Reuters reported.
KIEV, Jan 27 - Parliament on Tuesday approved a statement defining Russia as an "aggressor state," which deputies said could pave the way for consequences under international law, and called for more international aid and stronger sanctions on Russia, Reuters reported.
KIEV, Jan. 26 – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has urged Russia to stop its support for the separatists in the eastern Ukraine immediately, to stop destabilizing Ukraine and to respect its international commitments.
