KYIV, Dec 15 - Parliament has voted to restore the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Agency (NAZK) as Kyiv is seeking to secure new loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to fight a sharp economic slump triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Dec 15 - One police officer was knocked unconscious and 40 others received chemical eye burns from gas on Tuesday in clashes between police and thousands of people protesting a government lockdown to fight the coronavirus, Reuters reported citing the interior ministry.

KYIV, Dec 14 – The Finance Ministry will finance the cost of free vaccination against coronavirus (COVID-19) disease and inpatient treatment for it in 2021, Head of the parliamentary committee on public health, medical assistance and medical insurance Mykhailo Radutsky said.

KYIV, Dec 14 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a list of lockdown restrictions that will have effect throughout Ukraine from December 19, 2020.

According to the press service of the government, from December 19, 2020, new restrictions will apply throughout Ukraine.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 14 - European Union leaders have agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months over Moscow's aggressive actions in Ukraine.

The decision, announced on December 14 at an EU summit, will extend current restrictions against Moscow until July 2018.

KIEV, Dec. 15 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Polish President Andrzej Duda say they view the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project as political, rather than economic, in its nature, and, therefore, insist that it should not be implemented.

KIEV, Dec. 15 – Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman and Polish President Andrzej Duda met in Kiev on Tuesday to discuss prospects for further development of bilateral relations and importance of conducting reforms.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – The Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine has emphasized that it is important to select employees of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) in a transparent way and the agency must start operating in a timely manner.

MINSK, Dec. 16 - Ukraine's Association Agreement with the European Union, which will come into effect as of January 1, 2016, is not creating risks for Russia alone, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said.

NAIROBI, Dec. 16 - Kiev believes it will succeed in reaching an agreement at three-party consultations at the ministerial level, to be held in Brussels on December 21, allaying Russian concerns over Ukraine's association agreement with the EU, Ukrainian Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Natalia Mykolska told journalists on Wednesday on the sidelines of the WTO conference in Nairobi.