KYIV, Nov 15 – Receipts of the national budget in 2020 are planned at UAH 1.093 trillion, which is 8.6% more than the planned receipts of the 2019 national budget, taking into account amendments made in October.

KYIV, Nov 18 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held a meeting devoted to the issue of cheapening loans, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), where the tools of achieving the goal were discussed, Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Minister of Ukraine Tymofiy Mylovanov has said.

KYIV, Nov 18 – Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk and Minister of Finance Oksana Markarova met with the Mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Ukraine, namely Head of Mission Ron van Rooden and mission's economist Gabor Pula.

KYIV, Nov. 18 - Russia on Monday handed back three naval ships it captured last year to Ukraine, something Kiev wanted to happen before a four-way peace summit on eastern Ukraine next month in Paris, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Nov 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) plans to conduct stress tests in the retail lending segment in 2019, First Deputy NBU Governor Kateryna Rozhkova said on Thursday.

KYIV, Nov 16 – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said Ukraine does not have enough international reserves to support macroeconomic stability.

KYIV, Nov 18 - Far-right militants in Ukraine have disrupted a march by transgender activists in the capital Kyiv, BBC reported. Two young women were attacked and mocked as they received medical attention, and a Canadian journalist was punched in the face.

HALIFAX, Nov 18 - The U.S. and Ukraine are in “close discussion” for Washington to supply another tranche of lethal weapons for Kyiv’s fight in eastern Ukraine, where “Russians keep bringing new military technology,” Ukraine’s foreign minister said Saturday.

KYIV, Nov 15 – The consideration of a new program of cooperation with Ukraine by the board of directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is possible after the Verkhovna Rada approves the national budget for 2019, Communications Department Director at the IMF Gerry Rice has reported.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – Ukraine has climbed from 48th to 46th (out of 50) in the Anholt-GfK Nation Brands Index (NBI), GfK international research company said.