TBILISI, July 18 - Ukraine will seek to accelerate trade with Georgia as the two countries can successfully build pipelines for oil and gas shipments from the Central Asia to Europe bypassing Russia in the Black Sea, eliminating major political risks.

KIEV, July 18 - The Delegation of the European Union in Ukraine urged the government to create an independent and effective judicial body to fight corruption in the country.

KIEV, July 18 - Russian-backed rebels sought to make their efforts to take control of Ukraine on Tuesday, proclaiming a new state called Malorossiya, or “Little Russia.” They said the plan was not only for the new state to include areas they already control in East Ukraine, but to eventually expand to the whole country, Newsweek reported.

KIEV, July 18 – California Governor Jerry Brown has invited President Petro Poroshenko to visit the U.S. and see the economic potential of California's high-tech and defense sectors.

KIEV, July 18 – Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has amended some laws that regulate the specifics of land utilization, special water use, and town planning in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

NEW YORK, July 18 - The Trump campaign worked behind the scenes to make sure the new Republican platform won’t call for giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian and rebel forces, The Washington Post reported Monday.

KIEV, July 15 – The National Bank of Ukraine has changed the order of individual licensing of currency operations by introducing, among other things, obstacles to legal withdrawal of capital from the country by individuals who are hiding from the authorities.

KHARKIV, July 18 - The heads of the Kharkiv regional administration and representatives of the Regional Mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development visited the construction site of one of the largest administrative and social services centers in Ukraine on Friday.

KIEV, July 18 – Kiev City Administration plans to introduce a Single Electronic Ticket system in municipal transport, which will produce detailed information on passenger flows in the city and optimize the schedule and routes of city traffic, promoting the introduction of a flexible fare policy.

KIEV, July 18 – The Income and Tax Ministry has revealed illegal video content containing child pornography on the Ukrainian servers of the VKontakte social network (Russia), and on July 11 criminal proceedings were opened, reads a ministry document, a copy of which has been sent to Interfax-Ukraine.