KIEV, Jan. 16 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have agreed in a telephone conversation on the need to continue work on preparations of the road map of the Minsk Agreements implementation.

KIEV, Jan. 17 - President Petro Poroshenko has dubbed court reform, the bolstering of defense capacities, the crackdown on corruption, economic growth and the affiliation of the Ukrainian gas transmission system with the Energy Union which is being formed by the EU as Ukraine's top priorities for 2017.

MOSCOW, Jan. 17 - Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in England on January 17 will begin considering the petition of the Russian Federation, filed on July 28, on making an expedited decision on the lawsuit previously filed by Russia to recover a $3 billion debt on eurobonds from Ukraine.

KIEV. Jan 17 – President Petro Poroshenko within the framework of his working visit to Switzerland on January 17-20 will address the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the press service of the president said.

KIEV, Jan. 16 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will go to the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland), but he will not attend the Davos Ukrainian Lunch to be arranged by businessman and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk, presidential press secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko said.

KIEV, Jan. 17 - Ukrainians risked becoming disillusioned with Ukraine's pro-European path if there are further delays to plans to cement its closer integration with the European Union, President Petro Poroshenko said Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – President Viktor Yanukovych, in surprise remarks on Thursday, accused undisclosed government officials of sabotaging economic reforms and urged Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to quickly address the problem.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – President Viktor Yanukovych is planning to participate in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland), and most of the president's meetings will be dedicated to energy issues, his spokesperson, Darya Chepak, said.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – Ukraine’s natural gas price talks with Russia failed to make progress on Tuesday, with Kiev insisting that it will cut imports of Russian gas unless the price is reduced.

Energy and Coal Minister Yuriy Boyko met the head of OAO Gazprom, Russia’s gas export monopoly, in Moscow, but the two had failed to reach any deal, Gazprom said in a statement.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – Parliament has passed a draft law on amendments to the law on insurance regarding the cancellation of requirements for reinsurance to be conducted only in countries that are members of the World Trade Organization.