KYIV, March 25 – Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, the front-runner in upcoming presidential election, said he will improve investment climate by restarting the judicial system and restoring confidence in the state. He said he would offer a "zero declaration" and "tax amnesty" for business.

KYIV, March 25 - President Petro Poroshenko said he will accept any result of the presidential election in Ukraine, even if he is to lose the election.

"I am ready to accept the victory of the Ukrainian people, because fair elections are a victory for the Ukrainian people, whoever wins," he said in an interview with the Ukraina TV on Friday.

KYIV, March 25 – European natural gas prices are lower-than-expected allowing Ukraine to refrain from increasing gas prices for households on May 1, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KYIV, March 25 – Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, who is also a front-runner at upcoming presidential election, said his friends and colleagues are mostly funding his $70-million campaign.

KYIV, March 25 - Ukrainian police are investigating two companies and a factory over a coal deal which some anti-corruption campaigners say epitomizes the difficulties of doing business in the east European country, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 23 – Ukraine plans to issue a new tranche of eurobonds worth $1 billion against U.S. guarantees in April or May, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry reported.

KIEV, March 23 – A third of Ukrainian residents are happy with the performance of President Petro Poroshenko, and 58% disapprove, according to a poll conducted by Research & Branding Group.

KIEV, March 25 – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine plans to help create up to 3,000 jobs for internally displaced persons (IDP) and residents from Donetsk and Luhansk regions, using $2 million in donor aid from the Japanese government, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Inita Paulovica has said.

BRUSSELS, March 25 – Kiev expects not the cancellation of visas by the European Union countries at the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, but a positive assessment of Ukraine's progress in this area, Ambassador of Ukraine to the European Union Kostiantyn Yeliseyev has said.

KIEV, March 25 - Zorian Shkiriak, an advisor to the interior minister, has been appointed as the acting head of the State Service of Emergency Situations in place of Serhiy Bochkovsky, who was arrested and dismissed from office on Wednesday, said MP Anton Heraschenko (People's Front)another adviser to the interior minister.