KIEV, Oct. 16 – President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday signed a law on special self-government procedures in certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the presidential press service reported.

KIEV, Oct. 16 - The International Monetary Fund's mission to Ukraine will determine at the end of October how much additional financial aid Kiev needs, central bank Governor Valeria Gontareva said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, Oct. 16 - Russia will reduce gas supplies to Europe if Ukraine steals from the transit pipeline to cover its own needs, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, adding that he was "hopeful" it would not come to that.

KIEV, Oct. 16 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko will look for ways to settle a dispute over natural gas supplies and end months of conflict in east Ukraine at talks in Italy on Friday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Some 53% of Ukrainians support entry into the European Union, 35% do not, and 12% cannot make up their mind, according to the Rating Sociological Group, which held a poll from September 26 to October 6.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - Ukraine, with the help of foreign investments, will double natural gas output within the next five to seven years, President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - President Viktor Yanukovych, asked by European Union envoys to pardon jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on humanitarian grounds, on Thursday suggested a new plan that calls for Parliament to approve special legislation.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – A technical team from the International Monetary Fund is planning to discuss the Ukrainian authorities' financial sector reform program in Kiev from October 26 to November 2, the IMF Resident Representative Office in Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Parliament has postponed second-reading consideration of a bill that considerably changes the conditions of operation on the Ukrainian renewable energy market.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Ukraine is succeeding in the fight against poverty, President Viktor Yanukovych said on the occasion of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.