KYIV, Aug 17 – Under certain conditions, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) can cover the state budget deficit of up to UAH 60 billion with emission financing, Deputy Head of the President's Office Rostyslav Shurma has said, while the National Bank declares the upper ceiling of UAH 30 billion per month.

KYIV, Aug 17 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Lviv in western Ukraine, where he will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

KYIV, Aug 17 – President Volodymyr Zelensky, responding to a petition that has collected more than 25,000 signatures of citizens calling for the minimum living wage for all MPs and members of the Cabinet of Ministers, instructed Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk to consider this issue and inform about the results of such consideration.

KYIV, Aug 17 - The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) expects a convoy of five vessels to enter the Chornomorsk maritime merchandise port (Odesa region) on Wednesday to load more than 70,000 tonnes of wheat, bran, sunflower oil and corn, USPA reported on its Facebook page.

KYIV, Aug 18 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Strategy for Economic Development of Donetsk and Luhansk regions until 2030. The relevant decision was made at a government session on Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 18 - The UK will lead a multinational Maritime Training Initiative for the Ukrainian Navy, boosting their ability to combat threats in the Black Sea, U.K Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said.

KYIV, Aug. 18 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the traditional bread-and-salt gesture of hospitality from young Ukrainians dressed in embroidered attire after he and his wife Sara landed in Kyiv on Sunday for a two-day visit to Ukraine, RFE/RL reported.

KIEV, Aug. 18 – Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin expresse confidence that the system of e-declaration of assets will work and call it the key to Ukraine's fight against corruption.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - State Fiscal Service Chief Roman Nasirov said he will submit his e-declaration in September after the security of the electronic declaration (e-declaration) system is improved.

KIEV, Aug. 19 - A conflict is brewing between the public prosecutor’s office and the anti-corruption authority in Ukraine that could stall key reforms in the country.

The current action by the public prosecutor's office against the new National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB) is causing a stir, Deuteche Welle reported.