KYIV, Jan 25 - President Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine is ready to continue cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as an indicator of confidence in carrying out internal reforms.

DAVOS, Jan 25 – Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said that she had a good and constructive meeting with President Petro Poroshenko and his team in Davos on Wednesday, confirming the readiness of the IMF to continue supporting Ukraine and urging to take advantage of the current favorable external environment to accelerate reforms.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - The Ukrainian central bank unexpectedly raised its key rate for a third time on Thursday and said the $17.5 billion International Monetary Fund program and future cooperation with the Fund remained vital for economic stability, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – Ukrainian investigators are still looking for evidence linking the recently foiled plot to kill a lawmaker and the murder of a prominent journalist last year, Vasyl Hrytsak, the head of the SBU security service, said Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that Russian leaders are doing everything in their power to weaken and divide European Union member state countries.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Deputy Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction head Oleksiy Honcharenko has announced the launch of a ProUkraine campaign designed to improve Ukraine's image in the Netherlands, which will organize a referendum on the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius and Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko have discussed with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker in Davos the settlement of trade dispute with Russia in the framework of the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – The United States support Kiev's position that Ukraine's sovereignty over Donbas should be reinstated in 2016, President Petro Poroshenko said.

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.