KYIV, April 23 - Ukraine and the IMF are continuing negotiations on the arrival of the IMF mission in Kyiv for further cooperation as part the EFF program, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yakiv Smolii has said after talks in Washington.

KYIV, April 24 – The G7 foreign ministers have called on the Ukrainian authorities to ensure the progress of reforms, including the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Court in accordance with recommendations of the Venice Commission.

KIEV, April 22 - President Petro Poroshenko has expressed gratitude to Romania for providing financial assistance to Ukraine.

"The head of state expressed gratitude to the government of Romania for the decision to allocate military-technical assistance to Ukraine in the amount of EUR250,000 and the contribution of Romania to the NATO Trust Fund on Cybersecurity in the amount of EUR500,000.

KIEV, April 22 - Ukraine completed the unloading of spent nuclear fuel from reactor two of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 21, Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Ostap Semerak said.

KIEV, April 22 – The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has explained that the criminal cases against former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka, his former deputy Renat Kuzmin, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Yakymenko and former head of the National Bank of Ukraine Ihor Sorkin have been suspended due to the fact that these people are hiding from justice, but their cases have not been closed.

KIEV, April 24 - Three Ukrainian troops have been killed in the volatile eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours, the government reported Sunday.

KIEV, April 22 – President Petro Poroshenko and European Council President Donald Tusk were said to hold telephone talk at which they discussed the situation in the east of Ukraine and the country's new ties with the European Union.

KIEV, April 22 – Ukraine's government and the European Commission have signed an agreement on the provision of EUR 97 million for the U-LEAD program: Ukraine Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development Program.

BRUSSELS, April 22 - The European Union's decision on the unilateral reduction of customs duties on Ukrainian products brought to the EU market has come into force.

KIEV, April 23 – UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko said during his meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Kiev that he wants the United States and Europe to impose new tougher sanctions against Russia to stop its aggression against Ukraine.