KYIV, July 29 – The strengthening of the hryvnia in 2021 from projected UAH 29.10/$1 to UAH 28-27/$1 will cost the economy 0.2-0.5% of GDP, the Ministry for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture said in an explanatory note to the draft resolution with a revised macroeconomic forecast for the next three years.

KYIV, July 29 – Ukraine’s economy will resume economic growth next year and is expected to expand at 4.6% in 2021, followed by 4.3% growth in 2022, a faster growth than has been earlier projected, according to the Economic Development Ministry.

KYIV, July 29 - The new ceasefire for eastern Ukraine appears to have faltered, with more than 100 violations recorded within days of it having gone into effect this week, according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

KYIV, July 26 – Officers from Ukraine's National Anti-corruption Bureau and Prosecutor General's Office are blocking the work of Kyiv's District Administrative Court (KDAC), it said.

KYIV, July 29 - Ukraine plans to launch a worldwide Russian-language TV channel, as part of an effort to win the hearts and minds of people living in the eastern Donbass region and Russia, Reuters reported on Monday citing a senior presidential official.

KYIV, July 27 - The House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress has adopted the draft budget providing the allocation of $250 million to boost Ukraine's security and defense, the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States has reported.

KYIV, July 27 – A requirement to create transport hubs in large cities outlined in the national construction standard "Planning and Territorial Development passed by the Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry of Ukraine is introduced from September 1, Deputy Minister Lev Partskhaladze said.

KYIV, July 26 – Oleksandr Kovalchuk, the rapporteur on complaints against Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) Nazar Kholodnytsky, has read out a draft decision saying that Kholodnytsky committed a disciplinary offense and should be reprimanded, but not dismissed.

DNIPROPETROVSK, July 29 – The Japanese government under a UN project is supplying $800,000 for providing persons displaced from Donetsk and Luhansk regions with new jobs and allowing them to develop own business who are living in Dnipropetrovsk region now.

KIEV, July 29 – Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly has promised to work on the organization of the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Ukraine and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to the U.S.