KYIV, March 26 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is introducing the title of Honorary Ambassador of Ukraine, which will be used to reward people whose efforts help popularize Ukraine and everything Ukrainian in the world, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

KYIV, March 30 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is skeptical about tax amnesties in general, since they hurt tax collection in the long run, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, March 30 - Discussions on the first review of the Stand-By Arrangement for Ukraine are still ongoing and a number of issues remain, the timing of which is currently difficult to predict, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, March 30 – The U.S. military’s European Command has raised its watch to the highest level in response to a buildup of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

KYIV, March 30 – Parliament has approved in its first reading a banking bill that will help open up billions of dollars worth of lending to Kyiv from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), RFE/RL reported Monday.

KYIV, March 29 – TV channel 'Multimedia platform of foreign broadcasting of Ukraine' (UA TV) has started broadcasting in a test mode in territories of Donetsk region and annexed Crimea that are not under Ukraine's control.

KIEV, March 30 - Ukraine plans to import European natural gas from Romania as the two countries seek to build interconnectors to expand gas transportation capacity, President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday.

KIEV, March 30 - The International Monetary Fund executive board will meet on April 3 to decide whether to disburse a $1 billion aid tranche to Ukraine as part of its $17.5 billion bailout program for the country, Reuters reported on Thursday.

KIEV, March 30 – Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko has proposed that anti-corruption nongovernmental organizations join in drafting amendments to the law that would make the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) a body with ultimate responsibility.

KIEV, March 30 – Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman - considered a frontrunner to succeed Arseniy Yatseniuk as prime minister - has suggested the Ukrainian parliament allow temporarily - until May 1, 2017, the appointment of a foreigner as finance minister from among former heads or members of foreign governments.