KIEV, Feb. 22 – Parliament failed to pass at first reading bill No. 4840 on the disclosure of information in extractive industries.

The lawmakers started considering the bill at the end of the working day.

KIEV, Feb. 22 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman at a meeting with representatives of the so-called trade blockade in Donbas pointed out the risks for Ukrainians coming from the blockade and assured that the government is ready to strengthen control.

KIEV, Feb. 22 - Peace in eastern Ukraine remains elusive of violations of a newly proclaimed ceasefire continued into Wednesday, according to a CNN report.

KIEV, Feb. 18 – Mass media reports that flights over Crimea will be resumed are erroneous, Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry said.

KIEV, Feb. 18 - The Samopomich party faction's pullout from Ukraine's governing coalition will leave the parliamentary majority with only two factions - Petro Poroshenko Bloc and [Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk] People's Front - with a total number of 217 MPs.

KIEV, Feb. 18 - The parliamentary and government crisis must not impede the Ukrainian people's advancement into the European Union, President Petro Poroshenko said at a meeting with Euromaidan activists.

KIEV, Feb. 18 - The State Border Committee of Belarus said, citing Ukrainian border guards, that heavy motor trucks with Russian registration plates will not be allowed into the Ukrainian territory starting from 12:00 midnight on February 18, in compliance with an act adopted by Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers.

BERLIN, Feb. 21 - The French and German foreign ministers, who head to Kiev for talks on Monday, have urged Ukraine to push forward with reforms in the spirit of the movement that ousted Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovych two years ago, AFP reported.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expects the European Union to make a decision on granting visa-free access to the EU to Ukrainian citizens at an Eastern Partnership summit in Riga in May, so that it could be put into practice by the end of 2015.

KIEV, Feb. 19 - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund plans to consider a new financing program (Extended Fund Facility, EFF) for Ukraine worth $17.5 billion in late February – early March, Director of IMF Communications Department Gerry Rice said.