KYIV, Oct. 19 - Protesters calling for President Petro Poroshenko to enact anticorruption reforms or step down notched a small victory on October 19 as parliament sent a bill on lifting lawmakers' immunity from prosecution to the Constitutional Court for review, RFE/RL reported.
KYIV, Oct. 19 - Ukrainian lawmakers voted through a long-delayed overhaul of the health system on Thursday that the state's Western backers say will raise standards and tackle a culture of bribe-taking in surgeries and hospitals, Reuters reported.
BERLIN, Oct. 19 – Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia agreed on Wednesday to draft a road map within weeks to ease confrontation between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces in Donbas.
OSLO, Oct. 18 - President Petro Poroshenko has called on Norwegian companies to take part in privatization in Ukraine, where Norway will assist Ukraine in implementing important reforms.
KIEV, Oct. 19 - Following the cash-strapped former Soviet country's success in reaching a major debt write-off restructuring deal, Standard and Poor's today upgraded Ukraine's credit rating on Monday from "selective default."
KIEV, Oct. 16 – The next mission of the International Monetary Fund is expected to come to Kiev for the second review of the extended fund facility (EFF) and for the disbursement of the third tranche worth $1.7 billion after the local elections scheduled for October 25 are held, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.
KIEV, Oct. 16 - Ukraine has managed to achieve macroeconomic stability, while simultaneously the country needs more international financial assistance in the amount of at least $7.5 billion to restore economic growth, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.
KIEV, Oct. 19 – During his visit to Washington, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin met with National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, and Coordinator for Sanctions Policy Daniel Fried.
KIEV, Oct. 19 - Ukraine and Russia may sign a new natural gas deal, which is supposed to lower gas prices, before the end of the month, President Viktor Yanukovych said Wednesday.
