KYIV, Dec 18 - A potential disagreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and delayed lending remains the key macroeconomic risk for Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said.
KYIV, Dec. 19 - The U.S. special envoy for the Ukraine conflict has said 2017 was the deadliest year in the region since the outbreak of violence three years ago, and warned that hostilities are again ratcheting up.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - Ukraine said its army repulsed an offensive by pro-Russian rebels in the east who sought to seize territory near the strategic town of Debaltseve, BBC reported Monday.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Viacheslav Kyrylenko said he is hoping that some 2,000 artifacts from Crimean museums from the Crimea - the Golden Island in the Black Sea collection (the so-called Scythian gold), which have an insurance value of one million euro, will be transferred to Ukraine next year.
MOSCOW, Dec. 19 - The substantial economic assistance that Russia should provide to Ukraine in line with the Tuesday agreements between the two countries has been dictated primarily by the fact that Ukraine has found itself in a difficult financial and political situation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - The Ukrainian-Russian Interstate Commission, co-chaired by the two countries' presidents, Viktor Yanukovych and Vladimir Putin, has ordered the inclusion of the Russian ruble in the first group (fully convertible currencies) of the Ukrainian National Bank's foreign currency classification, according to a protocol adopted during the commission's session on December 17.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - Ukraine will continue developing its domestic gas production projects in order to avoid heavy dependence on Russia, President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday defended a $15 billion loan and lower gas prices from Russia as the only way to avoid default, Reuters reported.
ASTANA, Dec. 18 – The doors of the Customs Union are open for Ukraine, and everything depends on the country's desire to adopt all of the principles and rules of the organization, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov said.
