KIEV, June 29 - Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman and Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble met on Tuesday to discuss the support that Germany can possibly give to the reforms planned by the Ukrainian government in such areas as customs, energy saving, and privatization.

TRUSKAVETS, June 29 – Countries of the Carpathian region should strengthen cooperation for the development of infrastructure and improvement of the economic situation in the region, and Ukraine, in particular, should increase the number of checkpoints on the border with its EU neighbors, Marshal of the Polish Sejm (lower house of the Polish parliament) Marek Kuchcinski said.

GENEVA, June 29 - Unless urgent action is taken in Ukraine to separate sides and remove heavy weaponry, widespread hostilities in the country's east could re-escalate, a senior United Nations human rights official warned on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, June 29 - Kremlin-controlled gas producer Gazprom is rethinking plans to stop transporting gas to Europe via Ukraine after 2019, a change of tack that comes just days before talks on supplies to Ukraine are due to resume, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 29 - The Finance Ministry kept up pressure on creditors on Monday before key restructuring talks, blaming a bondholder group for the deadlock in negotiations, but the bondholder group said the ministry’s comments showed an inconsistency in Kiev's stance, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 25 – NATO member states have confirmed their willingness to continue providing aid to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are prepared to reconsider their positions on supplying lethal weapons if Russia continues to violate the Minsk agreements, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said.

KIEV, June 29 – Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin could meet in the middle of July to discuss economic issues of concern, including energy issues, according to Azarov.

KIEV, June 29 - Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry has cancelled trips to the Chernobyl exclusion zone through travel operators, the ministry's press service has reported.

KIEV, June 29 - A Ukrainian judge on Wednesday adjourned until July 4 the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister who is accused of abuse of power, after she asked for more time to read the evidence.

KIEV, June 29 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, on trial for alleged abuse of power, will ask the court Monday for permission to travel to New York next month to attend a legal battle with her powerful opponent.