KYIV, July 16 – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanyshyna signed three agreements with the European Commission to finance new EU assistance programs for Ukraine totaling EUR 105 million, Uriadovy Portal reported.

KYIV, July 16 – Parliament voted on Thursday to approve Kyrylo Shevchenko, a banker without a proven track record as a reformer, as the new governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KYIV, July 13 – There has been considerable vegetation loss in Russia-occupied Crimea, Ukraine's Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) has said.

KYIV, July 16 - Most Ukrainians are convinced that the country is not moving in the right direction, according to a poll done by the sociological group Rating.

KYIV, July 16 - The majority of Ukrainians favors Ukraine's accession to the European Union and NATO, according to the poll data of the sociological group Rating.

HELSINKI, July 16 - Vladimir Putin said that President Trump shouldn’t worry about the Nord Stream 2 gas line into Europe shutting out Ukraine from its traditional position as transit route, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 15 – The inclusion of presumed consent for organ donation in Ukrainian legislation will allow Ukraine to develop transplantology and meet the demand in the country for donor organs, Andriy Kostenko, deputy chief doctor of the National Center for Transplantology, said.

KIEV, July 16 – The Russian authorities won't manage to blame the failure of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine, and Russia will have to implement them as a result, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, July 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine has started the second phase of reforming the banking system, and its top-priority tasks are restoring trust, improving the protection of the rights of creditors and consumers, and the development of infrastructure, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

KIEV, July 16 - Ukraine may ask the European Union for help in persuading Russia to allow transit of Central Asian natural gas from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, an official said Thursday.