KIEV, Sept. 19 - The resumption of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund under the EFF program is favorable for the credit rating of Ukraine, according to the Moody's international rating agency.

KIEV, Sept. 19 – Politics has prevailed in a decision of the International Monetary Fund to provide a new loan tranche to Ukraine, head of the Board of the global network Transparency International Jose Carlos Ugaz said.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – The decree enforcing the September 2 resolution of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council on the application of personal sanctions to a number of individuals and legal entities has been posted on the official website of President Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – The Ukroboronprom state concern has started NATO defense standard training for specialists of Ukrainian defense industry.

The concern reported on Wednesday that today over 50 specialists of leading defense enterprises-member of Ukroboronprom have been trained and completed the course organized by NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine as a part of the NATO-Ukraine Logistics and Standardization Trust Fund.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – Ukraine does not have current arrears to Russia, and the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund has not yet discussed the status of the $3 billion debt of Ukraine to Russia, Director of the Communications Department at IMF Gerry Rice said at a press briefing in Washington.

KIEV, Sept. 18 - Ukraine would be willing to pay less than $230 per 1,000 cubic meters for Russian natural gas in the fourth quarter, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Friday.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 20 - With a troubled peace plan for the Ukrainian conflict nearing its deadline, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will attempt a balancing act to reassure Kiev of the West's support without antagonizing Moscow when he visits Ukraine on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - Ukraine will not hike domestic natural gas prices after October 28 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday.

The price hike is the key demand from the International Monetary Fund for resumption of $15.2 billion loan to Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 – In a stunning rebuke to Ukraine’s government, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for the release of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and proposed the State Department institute a visa ban against those responsible for the imprisonment of Tymoshenko and her political allies.

KIEV, Sept. 19 – Parliament has registered a draft bill on a decision to cancel daylight saving time in Ukraine, Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said.

"There is a draft bill on a decision not to change [summer time to winter time], and I think that we'll approve it," he said during a press conference on Monday.