KIEV, May 17 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers intends to approve Ukraine's digital development plan for 2017 introducing the 'digital ambassador' institute in key directions of exports markets.

KIEV, May 18 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers seeks to initiate the introduction of the single average wage sum for accruing pensions of UAH 3,764.40, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at the presentation of the draft pension reform at a government meeting on Wednesday.

KIEV, May 18 – The draft pension reform proposed by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman foresees the change of the pensionable service, retaining the retirement age and a possibility of compensating the absence of the pensionable service.

KIEV, May 18 – Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday postponed a vote on a religious bill that has outraged Russia because it suggests imposing severe restrictions on the Moscow branch of the Orthodox Church, AFP reported.

VALLETTA, May 16 - President Petro Poroshenko has invited Maltese President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca to visit Ukraine.

"Malta was one of the first countries to recognize our independence and has continuously supported it during these years, and we are very grateful for that," the Ukrainian president told journalists after talks with his Maltese counterpart in Valletta on Tuesday.

KIEV, May 17 – Kherson regional and city officials have added their city to the list of Ukrainian venues vying to host the Eurovision 2017 song contest in Ukraine next year.

KIEV, May 17 – The 62nd Eurovision song contest is most likely to be held in Kiev mainly at the expense of budget funds, co-chairman of the Nash Kray party and former first deputy head of Kiev City State Administration during the UEFA Euro 2012 football championship Oleksandr Mazurchak.

KIEV, May 18 – The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry urged the international community on the day of an anniversary of Stalin's deportation of Crimean Tatars to carry on the sanctions pressure on Russia over the Crimean issue.

KIEV, May 18 – The International Monetary Fund has agreed with Ukraine on the reform policies it must implement for the board to agree in July to dispense a long-delayed third tranche of loans under a $17.5 billion bailout program, the fund said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, May 18 – Negotiations at an EU-Russia-Ukraine ministerial meeting on the trade section of the EU-Ukraine association agreement scheduled for May 18 will be difficult, as the three parties' positions are still significantly different, says Russia's permanent representative at the EU Vladimir Chizhov.