KIEV, May 24 –Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has said the Rotterdam+ scheme is dangerous and called on Verkhovna Rada deputies to enact a law regulating payments for coal imports.

KIEV, May 25 - Ukrainian citizens living in the territories of Donbas and Crimea beyond the control of Kiev cannot be left without international passports, and if it is impossible for them to obtain biometric passports, old-style passports should to be issued for them, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, May 25 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has accepted the invitation of the Prime Minister of the federal state of Bavaria Horst Seehofer to visit Munich in the autumn or winter and speak to business representatives.

KIEV, May 25 – The European Union would like to see as many people from the eastern region of Ukraine as possible to visit EU countries, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli said.

KIEV, May 25 – Ukraine should focus on the implementation of the existing Association Agreement and an in-depth and comprehensive free trade area with the European Union, and not ask for a new "enhanced association," EU Delegation head to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli said.

KIEV, May 25 - Nadia Savchenko, a former military helicopter navigator who entered politics after returning home following two years in a Russian jail, says the Justice Ministry is ignoring her request to register her new political movement, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.

KIEV, May 25 - Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko arrived home to scenes of jubilation on Wednesday after her release by Russia in a prisoner swap and she promptly offered to fight again for Kiev in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists.

KIEV, May 24 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman and U.S. Assistant Secretary for International Finance Ramin Toloui have discussed priority reforms in Ukraine and prospects of bilateral cooperation.

KIEV, May 22 – The first tranche of the European Union's third Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) program may arrive in Ukraine in June, the National Bank of Ukraine announced on its website.

RIGA, May 22 – President Petro Poroshenko says he is satisfied with the results of the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, held on May 20-21.

"I fact, I'm very glad that all the debates have demonstrated the unity of the EU and strong solidarity with Ukraine. This is vitally important for us in these extremely difficult times," he said at a press conference on the outcome of the Riga summit on Friday.