KIEV, June 18 – A record number of around 140,000 visitors was registered in the Kiev fan zone on June 15, during the match between Ukraine and France, Oleksandr Popov, head of Kiev City State Administration, said at a press conference on Monday.

BRATISLAVA, June 17 – Ukraine expects the EU to cancel visas for Ukrainian citizens before the start of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, June 20 – The International Monetary Fund supports the continuation of active work on a program of cooperation with Ukraine, the press service of the Ukrainian government reported on Saturday.

KIEV, June 20 – The World Bank is ready to assist Ukraine in holding reforms in most import and promising areas.

This issue was discussed at a meeting of Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, Vice President of the World Bank Philippe Le Houerou and World Bank Regional Director for Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine Martin Raiser on Friday evening, the press service of the Ukrainian government reported on Saturday.

KIEV, June 20 — China’s President Hu Jintao on Monday oversaw the signing of business deals worth $3.5 billion on his first visit to Ukraine.

Hu said that the agreements in energy, technology, trade and other fields will bring bilateral relations “to a new level of strategic partnership,” the Associated Press reported.

SUMY, June 17 – President Viktor Yanukovych has said that it is currently premature to talk about the form of Ukraine's cooperation with any other countries in the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transport system.

KIEV, June 18 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to send its recommendations on the program of the country's economic development to the Ukrainian authorities, Andre Kuusvek, the bank's representative in Ukraine, told the press on Thursday.

KIEV, June 18 – Improvement of relations between Ukraine and Russia is a key factor of stability in Eastern Europe, which fully meets the interests of the European Union, Germany's Bundestag President Norbert Lammert said during a meeting with a Ukrainian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.

KIEV, June 20 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Sunday rejected reports that Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny was going to be merged with Russia’s gas giant Gazprom.

KIEV, June 19 – Ukraine doesn’t have any other option but to resume cooperation – and borrowing – from the International Monetary Fund, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Friday.