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 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.
KIEV, April 24 - International Monetary Fund staff has endorsed a $17 billion loan to Ukraine to help the government pay its debts amid a projected economic contraction of 5% this year, Bloomberg has reported, citing government officials who have seen the recommendations.
WASHINGTON, April 24 - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said its board planned to meet on April 30 to consider an aid package for Ukraine, saying that Kiev had supplied the necessary documents to determine whether conditions for a bailout had been met, Reuters reported.
KIEV, April 24 - Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow rebels on Thursday as they closed in on the separatists' military stronghold in the east, and Russia launched army drills near the border in response, raising fears its troops would invade, Reuters reported.
KIEV, April 23 – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe supports the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, OSCE PA acting President Wolfgang Grossruck said.
