KYIV, April 17 - Two Russian warships transited the Bosphorus en route to the Black Sea on Saturday and 15 smaller vessels completed a transfer to the sea as Moscow beefs up its naval presence at a time of tense relations with the West and Ukraine, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 18 – It is impossible to talk about increasing the retirement age in Ukraine until the average life expectancy of Ukrainians is increased, Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko said.

KYIV, April 18 – Ukraine’s slow pace in fighting corruption and failure to hike domestic natural gas prices forced the International Monetary Fund to postpone indefinitely its lending to the country, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said Wednesday.

KYIV, April 18 - Ukraine is expecting that at a summit in July NATO will confirm the country’s status as seeking membership in the military alliance, Vadym Prystayko, the country’s representative at the alliance, said Wednesday.

KYIV, April 17 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained its forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth in 2018 at 3.2%, while it reviewed downwards the forecast for 2019 to 3.3% from 4%, according to the World Economic Outlook published on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 13 - The Ukrainian government is familiar with the problem of migration of Ukrainian citizens to temporary work in Europe, and controls it, Economic Development and Trade Minister Stepan Kubiv said.

KIEV, April 14 – Parliament has passed at second reading bill on private detective activities (investigations, No. 3726).

A total of 261 lawmakers supported the document on Thursday, April 13.

KIEV, April 17 - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says it will issue a ruling on April 19 on Kiev’s bid to block Russia from sending money, weapons, and troops to eastern Ukraine, Radio Free Europe reported Monday.

KIEV, April 18 – National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva and Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk have departed for Washington to attend the Annual Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, the NBU press service reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 18 – Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers will submit a draft pension reform plan to Parliament by May 16, Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva said.