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.

KIEV, March 25 - Ukraine’s coal sector is under pressure after coal miners at 15 state-owned coal companies went on strike to demand payment of back wages, a trade union said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 25 - Ukraine on Wednesday dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised government meeting, sending a clear anti-corruption message across the board.

KIEV, March 24 – The Prosecutor General's office has conducted 32 searches at the firms connected with ex-energy and coal industry minister Eduard Stavytsky and ex-agrarian policy and food minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk.

KIEV, March 25 - The cost of military property in Crimea is estimated at $11.439 billion, acting Ukrainian Defense Minister Ihor Teniukh said.

"The cost of property, which is in Crimea, is estimated at $11.439 billion. The volume of ammunition in Crimea is estimated at 36,000 tons," Teniukh said in Parliament on Tuesday.