KYIV, Sept 19 - The confidence of the International Monetary Fund in Ukraine’s reforms has helped to boost demand for the country’s Eurobonds, Borys Lozhkin, the secretary of the National Investment Council and formerly the head of the presidential administration, said.

KYIV, Sept 18 - The Ukrainian government has proposed that the Verkhovna Rada authorize the allocation of UAH 83.3 billion for the Defense Ministry's needs in 2018, including UAH 16.36 billion for the procurement and modernization of weapons and military hardware, according to the draft of the 2018 national budget registered at the Verkhovna Rada on September 15.

KYIV, Sept 18 - Representatives of the French Senate and the French Foreign Ministry made a working visit to Donetsk region on Thursday, September 14, as part of a joint delegation with Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine Heorhiy Tuka, representatives of the Verkhovna Rada and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the press center of the ATO headquarters has reported.

KYIV, Sept 19 - The Department of Cyber Police of the National Police of Ukraine has warned that an update of CCleaner, a popular computer-cleaning program, has been infected with malicious software.

KYIV, Sept 19 - The European Business Association (EBA) hopes healthcare reform will be launched in 2018 and Health Ministry officials responsible for the reform will be determined.

KYIV, Sept 20 – A total of 5,799,360 citizens of Ukraine entered the EU countries during the first three months after the entry into force of the visa-free regime, from July 11 to September 11, 2017, the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine has reported, citing the figures of the Ukrainian State Border Service.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 20 - President Petro Poroshenko dismissed a Russian proposal to deploy U.N. peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine as an effort to legalize its proxies and freeze the conflict, Reuters reported.

Relations between Kyiv and Moscow have never been worse since Russia annexed Crimea more than three years ago and Russian-backed separatist fighters subsequently took up arms against Ukrainian government forces in the east of the country.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with the Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Democratic Party's presidential candidate, for backing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump apparently refused to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in New York to discuss Russia and other policy issues, Foreign Policy reported Tuesday citing the Poroshenko administration.