KIEV, March 22 ??“ Ukraine finished cleaning up areas hit by a bird flu virus last year allowing the government to lift restrictions imposed on movement to and from the areas, a senior official said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 22 ??“ Ukraine and Hungary agreed to go ahead with a 4 billion euro project of building a major highway across both countries that would improve trade between the two, officials said.

KIEV, March 21 ??“ German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer and Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rotfeld were in Kiev Monday to see what can be done to help Ukraine??™s integration with the European Union, officials said.

KIEV, March 21 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday he will hold a meeting with major Caspian Sea oil producers next week to secure supplies of crude oil sufficient to reverse the Brody-to-Odessa oil pipeline route.

KYIV, Feb 21 – Ambassadors of the G7 states warned the Ukrainian authorities against approving the reform of the Economic Security Bureau (ESB), which does not comply with the requirements of European integration and the program of the International Monetary Fund, European Pravda reports.

KYIV, Feb 21 - Ukraine’s president on Wednesday invited Polish leaders to meet him at their shared border to resolve a blockade by Polish farmers protesting Ukrainian food imports, saying it’s hampering the shipment of weapons to Ukrainian soldiers.

KYIV, Feb 21 – The majority of Ukrainians, 85%, believe in Ukraine's victory in the war with the Russian Federation (from 78% of residents of the East of the country to 88.5% of residents of the Western region). 8.5% do not believe in victory (from 5.5% in the West to 13% in the East of the country), according to the results of a survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center and presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 22 – Ukraine is close to reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to receive the next $900 million payment from a $15.6 billion loan, a boost to the country's war-ravaged budget and a vote of confidence as U.S. aid remains fragile, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

KYIV, Feb 22 – The Danish government has announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of DKK 1.7 billion (or almost $250 million), which provides, in particular, for the supply of 15,000 artillery ammunition to Ukraine within a few months, the Danish Ministry of Defense reports.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 - The White House is promising to unveil new sanctions on Iran in the coming days in retaliation for its arms sales that have bolstered Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and threatening a “swift” and “severe” response if Tehran moves forward with selling ballistic missiles to Moscow.