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.

KIEV, July 18 – Viacheslav Ovcharenko, a close and long-time ally of President Viktor Yanukovych, was elected on Thursday to head the Constitutional Court, Ukrayinska Pravda reported, citing a source.

KIEV, July 18 – Riot police late Thursday moved to disperse a rally in downtown Kiev after protesters tried to erect a tent camp in preparation for a long-term action against police brutality.

KIEV, July 16 - The National Bank of Ukraine is expecting the current account deficit to fall in 2013 by 1.5-2% of GDP, said Serhiy Nikolaichuk, the deputy director of the general economic department at the NBU.

KIEV, July 18 – Ukraine will intensify its participation in international peacekeeping and anti-piracy operations, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Andriy Kliuyev said.

KIEV, July 18 – Two Ukrainian independent media outlets, a newspaper and a television channel, have come under increasing pressure from the authorities just months ahead of elections, raising concerns the government is targeting freedom of speech.

KIEV, July 18 — Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s key lawyer on Monday was expelled from the court for the rest of the trial after engaging in a brief dispute with the judge.

Serhiy Vlasenko was ejected from the court by Judge Rodion Kireyev after the lawyer had accused the judge of violating court procedure, and had refused to sit down.