KIEV, Oct. 21 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will take part in the Ukrainian-German business forum in Berlin on October 23, Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius said.

KIEV, Oct. 22 - Advanced radar systems being shipped to Ukraine to counter artillery strikes by pro-Russia separatists have been modified to prevent them from peering into Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing U.S. officials.

KIEV, Oct. 21 - President Petro Poroshenko has signed the law on amendments to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code providing for the possibility of pre-trial investigation and court proceedings in the absence of the suspect (accused).

KIEV, Oct. 21 - President Petro Poroshenko has ordered that products manufactured by the Makarov Pivdenny Machine Building Plant (Pivdenmash) be included in the state defense order for 2015.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – If Kiev cannot reach an agreement with Moscow on buying another 5 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas, it could replace it by reverse-flow gas deliveries from European countries and fuel oil, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 22 - EU leaders will urge Russia at a summit this week to do more to stabilize Ukraine, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters, but diplomats expect no change in sanctions on Moscow in the near future.

KIEV, Oct. 22 - President Petro Poroshenko's bloc holds a big lead ahead of Ukraine's election on Sunday while a rising populist party looks set to take second place, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

LUXEMBURG, Oct. 21 – Ukraine has achieved great success in the fulfillment of the conditions necessary for the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union, but some of EU member states – the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Sweden – will not take a positive decision until Ukraine frees former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – Ukraine and the European Union will create a working group to work out options for cooperation as a part of the formation of the global tax information automatic exchange system, the Income and Tax Ministry reported.

KIEV, Oct. 22 - Ukraine accumulated 17.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its underground storage facilities as of October 22, less than planned, due to rising demand in Europe, a Naftogaz Ukrayiny official said Tuesday.