RIGA, May 22 – President Petro Poroshenko said that there are no more political obstacles to the visa-free regime with the EU and that only technical issues remain.

RIGA, May 22 – The EU remains supportive of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, reads the final statement of the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga.

KIEV, May 25 – The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry hopes to import anthracite coal from various countries, Mykhailo Bno-Airiyan, head of the European integration department at the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, wrote on his Facebook page.

KIEV, May 25 - A gunman who took three hostages at a gas station in northeast Ukraine has been killed and his captives freed unharmed, news agency Interfax Ukraine quoted regional governor Igor Rainin as saying on Monday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 25 - An Italian journalist and his Russian translator have been killed in fighting between pro-Russian forces and Ukrainian government troops in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing the Italian Foreign Ministry.

WASHINGTON, May 25 - President Barack Obama suggested on Sunday that Ukraine's election may help unify the country, but analysts said that would depend largely on Moscow's influence and Kiev's ability to deal with daunting domestic challenges, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 25 - Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire chocolate manufacturer, claimed the Ukrainian presidency with an emphatic election victory on Sunday, taking on a fraught mission to quell pro-Russian rebels and steer his fragile nation closer to the West.

BRUSSELS, May 22 – NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Philip Breedlove said the alliance is seeing "some movement" of Russian troops on the Ukraine border, but its significance is unclear.

LUHANSK, May 22 – Stores selling goods other than food were closing, public sector employees were put on a shorter day, and public transportation went over to shorter hours on territory controlled by the "Luhansk People's Republic" as the leadership of the unilaterally proclaimed state declared "martial law" and "full mobilization" on Thursday.

KIEV, May 25 – A cabinet meeting scheduled for June 1 will be devoted to setting tariffs in the utility service sphere, a sensitive issue as it reflects growing natural gas prices, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.