KIEV, Jan. 25 - Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, as part of his working visit to Turkey, met Turkish Undersecretary for Defense Industry Ismail Demir and discussed the intensification of military and technical cooperation.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - Masaru Tanaca, a banking expert from Japan, has been appointed an advisor to Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and in his new position Tanaca will be advising the Finance Ministry on strengthening and restructuring of the banking sector, the ministry announced on its website.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – President Petro Poroshenko said that during his visit to Davos he agreed with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on the matters relating Ukraine's getting its next loan tranche.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – President Petro Poroshenko said that during his visit to Davos he agreed with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on the matters relating Ukraine's getting its next loan tranche.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia Thomas O. Melia will visit Ukraine January 25-29.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – Within the next two weeks, Ukraine will submit lawsuits to international courts in connection with the annexation of Crimea by Russia, President Petro Poroshenko said.

MOSCOW, Jan. 25 - Russia and Ukraine have informally exchanged opinions about the possibility of launching negotiations on the settlement of Ukrainian debt with the German Finance Ministry acting as intermediary, but those talks have not yet begun because Ukraine is unwilling to recognize the official status of the debt, Deputy Russian Finance Minister Sergei Storchak told reporters.

DAVOS, Jan. 23 - Ukraine has the chance to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a new Extended Fund Facility program over the next few weeks to receive its first tranche in late February or early March, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko stated.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – Observers of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE confirmed that the January 24 shelling of Mariupol was conducted from rebel-controlled territory, according to a special report of the mission.

DAVOS, Jan. 26 – A nomination committee will evaluate candidates for the posts of director at 60 of the largest Ukrainian companies for the Cabinet of Ministers, Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius said.