KIEV, Aug. 29 - Two prominent U.S. senators pledged on Monday to redouble efforts to overcome resistance in Congress and repeal a 1970s law hampering trade between the U.S. and former Soviet Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 29 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is seeking to set up a powerful political coalition in Parliament next month in order to approve a number of important political and economic reforms, a lawmaker said Monday.

KYIV, July 28 – President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that at the next meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), which is expected to take place on July 30, the issue of tariffs for the population for electricity and gas will be considered, the presidential press service said.

KYIV, July 29 – The introduction of strict quarantine in Ukraine will depend on the rate and coverage of vaccinations, said Deputy Minister of Health, Chief State Sanitary Doctor Ihor Kuzin.

KYIV, July 29 – The International Monetary Fund will send a team to Ukraine in September before deciding whether the government qualifies resumption of $5 billion loan, Kristalina Georgieva, IMF managing director, said.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, July 28 – Egypt expects an increase in the flow of tourists from Ukraine in the autumn and expects by the end of 2020 to "catch up" with the indicators of 2019, when the country was visited by more than 1.7 million tourists from Ukraine, Managing Director of ODEON Tours, the host of Coral Travel in Egypt, Abdallah Tarek has said.

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.