KIEV, Aug. 29 – The electronic declaration system of assets for officials will begin its work in Ukraine on September 1, President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview with CNN, the Ukrayinska Pravda Internet publication said.

KIEV, Aug. 29 - Ukraine is preparing another lawsuit against Russia in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Ukraine’s Justice Minister Pavel Petrenko said on the 112 television on Saturday.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei at a meeting in Kiev discussed improvements to the border between Ukraine and Belarus.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – United States military representatives have handed the first five Burtek B4731 medical evacuation vehicles to the Ukrainian military at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has allowed specialized international organizations to purchase additional pharmaceuticals using funds saved from previous purchases.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – Ukraine will continue efforts to strengthen its energy independence, according to President Viktor Yanukovych.

"Measures to diversify the sources of energy supplies, implement energy saving technologies, increase the share of unconventional and alternative fuel resources are aimed at strengthening energy sovereignty," the president said.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - The European Union is ready to sign an association agreement with Ukraine, and the ball is in President Viktor Yanukovych's court, a statement from the Batkivschyna opposition party leader Arseniy Yatseniuk told reporters in Brussels after a meeting of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 28 – The European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs has suggested that the European Commission and the EU member states raise the issue of Russia-Ukraine trade relations at the upcoming G20 Summit in St. Petersburg next week in the light of the recent trade-related problems between the two countries.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday Ukraine will implement all conditions suggested by the European Union for signing political association and free trade agreements in November.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The government is to consider a draft national budget for 2013 at a meeting in the near future, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

"The government works according to a schedule, which foresees that the draft national budget should be sent to the Verkhovna Rada by September 15, so the government will consider the draft budget and pass it to the parliament in the near few days," he told journalists in Brovary (Kiev region) on Monday.