KIEV, Jan. 19 - Japanese Ambassador Shigeki Sumi said that Japan is ready to start a cooperation program with Ukraine to develop public broadcasting and supply technical equipment, Ukraine's Information Policy Ministry reported on Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in an interview with the Wall Street Journal expressed confidence in the continuation of the efficient cooperation between Ukraine and U.S., the press service of the Ukrainian president reported.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Britain will stand alongside Ukraine in its confrontation with Russia because freedom cannot be "traded,“ its Defense Secretary said amid fears Donald Trump may scale back support to Kiev in a deal with Moscow, The Telegraph reported.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin at a meeting of 'Ukraine+Group of Friends of Ukraine in the EU' has stressed the necessity to de-escalate situation in Donbas and to establish the conditions for holding local elections in the certain parts of the country beyond Kiev's control.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – The European Commission in first quarter of 2016 will recommend that the Council of European Union introduce a visa-free travel regime for Ukrainians, Commissioner for European Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said.

MOSCOW, Jan. 19 - Russian gas giant Gazprom on Tuesday fired off a new salvo in Moscow's feud with Ukraine by demanding some $2.5 billion from Kiev for allegedly breaching its supply contract, AFP reported.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Ukraine is going to launch consultations in view of Russia's violation of the UN International Convention on Terrorism, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 19 – Ukraine is alarmed by the possibility of the EU softening or lifting its sanctions against Russia, and has urged the EU not to alter the sanctions until Russia compensates it for losses incurred.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 20 – In the light of the current events in Ukraine, none of the 28 EU foreign ministers that met in Brussels yesterday think that the Russian sanctions should be either softened or lifted, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said.

KIEV, Jan. 20 - Ukraine plans “full-scale” negotiations with Russia over natural gas prices to prevent a possible steep price hike in April, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Tuesday.