KIEV, July 20 – Ukraine may receive additional trade preferences for their products on the European market in September, Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman said.

KIEV, July 20 - Negotiations between Ukraine and Canada on visa regime liberalization will take years, Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko predicts.

KIEV, July 20 – President Petro Poroshenko said the holding of local elections in certain districts of Donbas is possible after the self-declared republics in the area clearly state that they will not hold pseudo-elections in the territories outside of Ukraine's control on October 18 and November 1.

KIEV, July 21 – Private gas producers plan to increase gas production in Ukraine by 1 billion cubic meters within two years if Parliament cuts royalties, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said.

KIEV, July 21 – Over half of Ukrainians (56.8%) surveyed by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology believe the best solution to the military conflict in Donbas would be through further peace talks and a peaceful settlement on the basis of the Minsk agreements.

KIEV, July 21 – The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine is working on issues connected to the action plan on liberalization of the visa regime between Ukraine and the EU, the presidential press service reported.

KIEV, July 21 - Ukraine will import anthracite coal from South Africa to offset shortages of domestically produced coal, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Tuesday.

KIEV, July 21 - Ukraine will only be able to accumulate 14.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its underground gas storage facilities ahead of the winter within international loans, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Tuesday.

MINSK, July 21 - Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have reached a preliminary agreement to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, the chairman of the OSCE security watchdog, Ivica Dacic, said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 21 – A journalist who has exposed traffic police brutality and corruption was attacked and severely beaten by two unknown assailants near his home in Donetsk on Sunday.