KYIV, April 22 – The European Business Association (EBA) has named seven priority steps, which business is waiting for from the newly elected president of Ukraine in the first months of running the post.

BRUSSELS, April 22 - The European Union scrambled to get a call with Ukraine’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday as Western powers wondered whether the TV comic would heed their urgings to stick with reforms that they hope can anchor the country beyond the grip of Russia, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 19 - The technological system to counter anti-Ukrainian broadcasting will eventually be launched along the entire Ukrainian-Russian border and in the south of Ukraine, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov said.

ISTANBUL, April 22 – The Holy and Sacred Synod of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of Orthodox Christians, began the process that may end up granting the Ukrainian church independence from Moscow for the first time since 1686.

KIEV, April 19– The package of documents that need to be presented on the border with the EU will not change after the introduction of a visa-free regime, First Deputy Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said.

KIEV, April 19 – President Petro Poroshenko met with Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson and Minister of State for the Ministry of Defense Mike Penning in London on Wednesday, April 19, to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral military cooperation and develop economic interaction.

KIEV, April 19 – Former Slovakian Finance Minister Ivan Miklos will continue chairing the Group of Strategic Advisors for Support of Reforms in Ukraine for one more year.

MOSCOW, April 21 - The U.S. does not plan to deliver Javelin shoulder-mounted anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine for the moment and is sending defensive gear alone to that country, U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft said on Ekho Moskvy radio.

KIEV, April 22 – According to a pretrial investigation, the total losses incurred by the Cabinet of Ministers amount to UAH 685 million, First Deputy Prosecutor General Volodymyr Huzyr said.

KIEV, April 22 – An International Monetary Fund mission is expected to arrive in Ukraine late in May for the first review of the Extended Fund Facility program, after which Ukraine may be given a second tranche of the program in the amount of SDR 1.182 billion (about $1.63 billion), Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.