KYIV, Oct. 18 - A massive anti-corruption street protest outside the parliament building continued for the second day in Ukraine as President Petro Poroshenko had refused to meet protesters on Wednesday.

KYIV, Oct 18 - Gamma radiation levels in the near zone from the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) shrank on average by ten times after the sliding of the New Safe Confinement (NSC), the press service of the State Agency on Exclusion Zone Management has reported.

KIEV, Oct. 15 – Unaffiliated MP Serhiy Taruta has proposed to include the issue of dismissing National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva on the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada's session this plenary week.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - The Cabinet of Ministers has presented the reforms delivery office (RDO) affiliated with the Ukrainian prime minister headed by the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Sayenko and Reform Support Teams (RSTs) in the ministries.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – The People's Front faction has decided it will not vote for the budget Parliament adopts its bill on special confiscation, Justice Minister and member of the party Pavlo Petrenko said.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – A mission of the International Monetary Fund is expected to arrive in Kiev on October 26 to determine Ukraine's eligibility for further assistance under its Extended Fund Facility, the Finance Ministry announced.

BERLIN, Oct. 18 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said "no wonders" should be expected at talks on a stalled peace plan for eastern Ukraine which she will host on Wednesday with the leaders of Russia, France and Ukraine, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – Kiev City Administration has proposed that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine amend its resolutions Nos. 151 and 630 and introduces a procedure for recalculating fees for central heating and hot tap water supply if the quality of the services provided is low.

KIEV, Oct. 16 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved the issue of EUR100 million to several Ukrainian cities to improve public transportation, focusing on renovating and improving transport efficiency including EUR8 million to municipal enterprise Odesamiskelektrotrans for the purchase of 45 new trolleybuses.

BERLIN, Oct. 17 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Ukraine on Saturday to tackle corruption and roll back the influence of oligarchs, saying German businesses are ready to invest there if the right conditions are in place, Reuters reported.