KYIV, May 14 – Greece has allowed Ukrainian citizens to enter the country from May 14, the Ukrainian Embassy in Greece said.

"The Greek government has just released a decision according to which, from May 14, 2021, Ukrainian citizens are allowed to enter Greece," the embassy said in the statement on its website on Friday.

KYIV, May 17 – Some 74% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine needs to start developing its own vaccine against coronavirus, according to the results of a survey conducted by the sociological group Rating on May 4-8, 2021.

KYIV, May 18 - Ukraine's parliament has voted to dismiss Health Minister Maksym Stepanov over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and approved the resignations of the economy and infrastructure ministers, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, May 18 – More than a third (35%) of Ukrainians believe that the situation with coronavirus in Ukraine is improving, the same number believe that it does not change, according to a survey conducted by the Sociological Group Rating.

KYIV, May 18 – Ukraine has assured G7 countries and the European Union that it fulfilled its obligations required to unlock lending from the International Monetary Fund.

Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential office, met G7 ambassadors and EU delegation officials, seeking to facilitate the release of the IMF loan.

KYIV, May 18 – Russia spends up to $5 billion per year to finance breakaway Ukrainian terrifies in Donbas and to fund the war against the country, a Ukrainian official said Monday.

KYIV, May 16 - Ukrainian rock star Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has announced that he is setting up a political party ahead of parliamentary elections later this year.

Vakarchuk said on May 16 that he will lead the Holos (Voice) party in the elections because parliament has “turned into a toxic swamp that drains our future,” RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, May 16 - Ukrainian lawmakers have set May 20 as the day of inauguration of incoming President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, RFE/REL reported.

A total of 315 lawmakers on May 16 voted in favor of the date, while two voted against it.

KIEV, May 17 – The mission of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday started working in Ukraine, the IMF Resident Representative Office in Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, May 17 - Ukraine's lawmakers Wednesday put the brakes on a bill that has triggered concern from its Western allies for hampering anti-corruption efforts in the graft-riddled former Soviet republic, AFP reported.