KYIV, March 18 – It is unlikely that the presidential and parliamentary elections to be held this year would affect the speed of the implementation of reforms in Ukraine, according to most participants of the CFA Society Ukraine Investment Forum held in Kyiv on Friday, March 15.

KYIV, March 18 - President Petro Poroshenko, who runs for re-election this month, vowed to prepare Ukraine to joining the European Union and NATO if he is elected to the second term in office.

BRUSSELS, March 18 - The European Union’s foreign policy chief has marked the fifth anniversary of Russia’s seizure and "illegal annexation" of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula with scathing criticism of the Kremlin, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, March 18 - Russian voters in Ukraine were blocked from casting their ballots in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, as Ukrainian authorities stepped up security outside diplomatic facilitates and nationalists staged anti-Moscow protests, RFE/RL reported.

KIEV, March 17 – The Cabinet has voted for the appointment of Ruslan Riaboshapka and Ruslan Radetsky as members of the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption.

KIEV, March 17 – President Petro Poroshenko met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Brussels on Thursday.

"The parties exchanged the opinions over a wide range of the bilateral issues. The parties discussed the preservation of sanctions against Russia as an efficient tool to ensure a full implementation of the Minsk Agreements and restoration of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine," reads a report on the president's official website.

KIEV, March 15 – Parliament has passed bill No. 3755 on amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine in relation to declaration of officials' property, income, expenses and financial obligations in 2016. The measure included President Petro Poroshenko's proposals, which were agreed with European Union officials.

KIEV, March 17 – The United States will never accept occupation of Crimea and will do everything possible so that the peninsula returns to Ukrainian sovereignty, the U.S. Department of State said.

KIEV, March 17 – President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, have met in Brussels to discuss possible conditions for conducting elections in Donbas.

BRUSSELS, March 17 - Winning support for Kiev's cherished goal of visa-free travel in Europe for its citizens, Ukraine's president tried to reassure the European Union on Thursday that his country would soon overcome the political crisis that has rattled Western lenders, Reuters reported.