KIEV, Nov. 17 - President Petro Poroshenko and the presidents of the Visegrad Group countries have agreed in Bratislava to launch a new format of cooperation, the press service of the Ukrainian president has reported.

KIEV, Nov. 17 - President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree enacting November 4 National Security and Defense Council recommendations on urgent measures to stabilize the socio-economic situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

KIEV, Nov. 17 - Participants in negotiations on setting up a coalition at the Ukrainian parliament are considering the annulment of Ukraine's non-aligned status and the country's membership of NATO in a draft coalition agreement.

KIEV, Nov. 17 - Loud explosions and artillery fire rocked Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine on Monday, despite attempts to negotiate an end to a battle that is undermining a ceasefire in regions held by separatists, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 17 - European Union governments moved to put more Ukrainian separatists under asset freezes and travel bans on Monday but took no action to step up economic sanctions on Russia despite voicing alarm about an upsurge of violence in Ukraine, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 15 - Ukraine and Azerbaijan have discussed cooperation in the energy sector and the implementation of major infrastructure projects in Azerbaijan, Deputy Prime Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 15 – Ukraine resumed imports of Russian natural gas on Friday following days of intensive negotiations with Gazprom, which had raised serious concerns over the stability of European gas supplies in the winter.

KIEV, Nov. 17 - European Union envoys will make another attempt this week to break the deadlock over jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko that has jeopardized plans by the EU and Ukraine to sign a landmark trade and cooperation deal.

ODESSA, Nov. 17 - It is premature to speak about changing the price paid by Ukraine for Russian gas exports until the two countries' talks are completed, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Nov. 17 – The panel of judges of the Higher Specialized Court of Ukraine for civil and criminal cases has closed criminal cases against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's business associates - her father-in-law Hennadiy Tymoshenko, former chief accountant of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) corporation Antonina Boliura, and other officials of the corporation - due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.