KIEV, Nov. 20 – President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law ensuring the rights and freedoms of internally displaced persons, which was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on October 20 (bill No. 4490a-1).

KIEV, Nov. 20 – Some 64% of Ukrainians prefer country's joining the European Union rather than the country's accession to the Customs Union (17%), and 19% are undecided yet, according to a poll by the Rating Sociological Group.

KIEV, Nov. 21 – Ukraine will cancel its non-aligned status and resume integration with NATO as part of measures to reform its national security and defense system, as is evident from a draft Ukrainian parliamentary coalition agreement initialed by its future members.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – The failure to connect gas and power to Triokhizbenka in Novoaidar district on Sunday was due to shelling by rebels, said Hennadiy Moskal, head of Luhansk Regional Administration.

VILNIUS, Nov. 24 –Ukraine is facing large difficulties while it implements complicated reforms, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said during a working visit to Kiev.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – The U.S. government has assigned nearly $320 million in assistance to Ukraine this year in addition to the $1 billion sovereign loan guarantee issued in May 2014, the White House press service reported.

KIEV, Nov. 24 - Ukraine will take the first steps this week towards forming a new government, President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday, seeking to assuage concern among his Western allies that the delay is holding up reform and imperiling Western assistance, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, Nov. 21 - Kiev must have heard warnings about possible negative implications from the Association Agreement with the European Union and made a wise decision to suspend preparations for its signing, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Leonid Slutsky said.

VIENNA, Nov. 22 – Austrian companies could successfully participate in the realization of some large-scale projects in Ukraine's energy sector, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Nov. 22 – The decision taken by the Ukrainian government to suspend the process of preparations for signing the Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the EU and Ukraine is a disappointment not just for the EU, but for the people of Ukraine, according to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.