KYIV, Sept 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) predicts the new program of cooperation between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be signed by the end of this year, First Deputy NBU Governor Kateryna Rozhkova has said.

KYIV, Sept. 17 - Ukraine’s president called on Tuesday for a full investigation into an arson attack that has raised political tensions in a dispute over the IMF-backed nationalization of the country’s largest lender PrivatBank, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept 18 – Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka has predicted that it will take around two years for the key aspect of the prosecution reform – the recertification of prosecutors, and it will result in the reduction of the number of prosecutors.

KYIV, Sept. 18 - Ukraine will support a proposal by European Commission’s Maros Sefcovic on Russian gas supply at trilateral talks set for Sept. 19, Energy Minister Oleksiy Orzhel said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept 17 – The draft national budget of Ukraine for 2019 approved by the Ukrainian government on September 14 envisages a deficit of 2.26% of GDP, acting Finance Minister of Ukraine Oksana Markarova has said.

KYIV, Sept 17 – Ukraine has fulfilled a major part of conditions for receiving the first tranche of macro-financial assistance (MFA) from the European Union in the amount of EUR 500 million, acting Finance Minister of Ukraine Oksana Markarova has said.

KYIV, Sept. 17 - The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday changed its story on who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in July 2014 in an apparent attempt to quell investigator findings pointing to Russian unit behind the attack.

KYIV, Sept 14 – Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov and founder and CEO of Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas) Jared Cohen have met in Kyiv to discuss issues related to the Russian Federation's cyber aggression and information warfare, as well as U.S. and Ukrainian experience in cyber defense.

MOSCOW, Sept 14 - The United States does not rule out the possibility of imposing new sanctions against the Russian energy sector, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told reporters after a meeting with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.

KYIV, Sept 14 - The representatives of Ukraine and the European Union have signed a memorandum of understanding and a loan agreement on providing the fourth program of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (MFA IV) in the amount of EUR1 billion.