BRUSSELS, Aug 16 - NATO dismissed on Sunday allegations by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that it was conducting a military buildup near the country’s western border but said it was closely monitoring the situation following his contested re-election, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Aug 13 – The efforts of the Ukrainian authorities to combat the spread of the coronavirus epidemic in the country are considered insufficient by 46.1% of Ukrainians. This is evidenced by the results of a survey carried out jointly by the Center for Social and Marketing Research SOCIS and the Razumkov Center.

KYIV, Aug 14 – Some 91.5% of Ukrainians say that none of their families, relatives and close friends have been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, according to the results of an expert study by the Razumkov Center and the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

KYIV, Aug 15 - The leaders of the presidential electoral rating are leader of the Batkivschyna party Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Civil Platform party Anatoliy Hrytsenko and the Opposition Bloc party Yuriy Boiko, according to the results of the social research conducted by the Social Monitoring Center and the Ukrainian Institute of Sociological Studies named after A. Yaremenko.

KYIV, Aug 15 – Most Ukrainian citizens do not support changes in the scope of powers of the president and prime minister, as well as the cancellation of the post of the president of Ukraine, according to a sociological survey conducted by the Social Monitoring Center and the Ukrainian Institute for Social Research named after Oleksandr Yaremenko.

KYIV, Aug 15 - Only 42% of internally displaced persons in Ukraine are employed, according to a report issued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

KYIV, Aug 16 – Kyiv Borys Grinchenko University has implemented a project on the use of alternative and renewable energy sources, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 400 tons per year, Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) has reported.

KYIV, Aug 16 – The National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market has asked authorized rating agencies to create a new body – the rating committee – as part of an organized structure.

KYIV, Aug. 16 - Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine's Odesa region who was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship in July, says he plans to return to Kyiv next month, RFE/RL reported Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug. 16 – A Ukrainian hacker, whose PAS Web shell malware was used by Russian state sponsored hacking team to attack U.S. elections in 2016, has turned himself in to Ukrainian authorities, The New York Times reported Wednesday.