KYIV, July 24 – U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon has confirmed the U.S. position on the unacceptability of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and emphasized the importance of relations between Ukraine and the United States in the field of energy security, reads a report posted on the website of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, July 24 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman extended support for the offer of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) to create a "fund of funds" to support Ukrainian start-ups on the terms of public-private partnership, according to the government online portal.

KIEV, July 24 – Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk will meet with Italian Finance and Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan and General-Commander of Italian Financial Guards (Guardia di Finanza) Giorgio Toschi and learn about the operation of the Financial Guards during his working visit to Rome.

KIEV, July 25 - Ukraine on Tuesday has denied allegations by President Donald Trump that the U.S. should look into “Ukrainian efforts to sabotage” his campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

KIEV, July 24 – The unidentified individuals who seized the Etel ship in Benghazi, Libya, have no claims against the ship or its owners, and took this step because of a scam with the delivery of cars by the Faina ship, the Vesti newspaper reported, citing an Odessa cargo carrier.

KIEV, July 24 – The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has donated two low-temperature freezers to the main military clinical hospital in Kiev for the storage of blood components.

KIEV, July 25 - Traffic will be temporarily restricted in downtown Kiev on the weekend from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. because of events to mark the 1,025th anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus, the public relations department of the Kiev police reported.

KIEV, July 25 – Police will change course and start cooperating with activists and journalists from Traffic Control, a publication that exposes police brutality and corruption, Internal Affairs Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko said Thursday.

KIEV, July 25 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party will hold a meeting on Monday to approve a list of candidates that will run for parliamentary seats at general elections in October, the party announced Wednesday.

KIEV, July 24 – The Defense Ministry has added the new light BTR-4E armored personnel carrier to the arsenal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the ministry reported on Tuesday.