KIEV, Dec. 20??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend ?25.755 mln to the national energy company UkrEnergo for the construction of a new 330 kV overhead transmission line interconnection between Usatove and Ajalyk substations located in Odessa region.

KIEV, Dec. 18 ??“ President Leonid Kuchma Saturday signed a law allowing two companies as opposed to one to print ballots, easing fears that ballot shortages could lead to disruption of the Dec. 26 election.

LONDON, Dec. 17 - Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by TCDD, the most harmful known form of dioxin and a key ingredient of the Vietnam-era herbicide Agent Orange, the scientist who conducted tests on the presidential candidate's blood said Friday.

KIEV, Dec. 19 ??“ Volodymyr Satsyuk, who was recently dismissed from his job as a top security service official, said Sunday he would hire private detectives to prove his innocence in the poisoning of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko.

KYIV, Nov 20 – Head of the President's Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak took part online in an event dedicated to the Peace Formula item on environmental security, in the Ukrainian pavilion within the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, the press service of the President's Office reported.

KYIV, Nov 20 – The first meeting within the Northern Group-Ukraine format, which unites 12 European countries and is designed to promote the development of defense cooperation, was held in Denmark, said Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.

KYIV, Nov 20 – The state budget law for 2025, adopted by Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday, projects a reduction in the budget deficit from 24.2% of GDP in 2024 (UAH 1.846 trillion) to 19.4% of GDP (UAH 1.64 trillion), according to the Ministry of Finance website.

KYIV, Nov 20 - President Biden approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine late Tuesday, a reversal of policy and yet another escalation in the conflict with Russia ahead of President-elect Trump's inauguration.

KYIV, Nov 17 – The Development Bank of the Council of Europe (CEB) has approved the first concessional loan financing for Ukraine for EUR 100 million, the funds will be sent to the Ministry of Health to ensure the stable operation of the system and modernize the network of medical facilities, the Ministry of Finance reported on Friday.

KYIV, Nov 19 - Russian drones targeted Kyiv on Sunday as the British Defense Ministry said there were “few immediate prospects” for major change along the Ukrainian front line as the war enters its second winter.