KIEV, May 15 – Ukraine and Israel want to extend bilateral economic cooperation and are working on signing a Free Trade Area (FTA) Agreement by the end of this year, according to Ukrainian and Israeli prime ministers Volodymyr Groysman and Benjamin Netanyahu.
KIEV, May 16 – Some 1,228 citizens of Ukraine, Russia and other countries have been put on the list of individuals who fall under sanctions by a resolution of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
KIEV, May 16 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden have agreed to sign a bilateral agreement under which the U.S. would extend the third tranche of loan guarantees worth $1 billion to Ukraine, the Ukrainian presidential press service reports.
KIEV, May 16 – Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko and representatives of the mission of the International Monetary Fund led by Ron van Rooden discussed comprehensive reformation of the country's pension system, removing the deficit and balancing the budget of the Pension Fund.
KIEV, May 16 – A scandal marred the creation of a committee in Parliament to investigate offshore accounts after it emerged that one of its appointed members may be linked to an official that will be investigated.
KIEV, May 13 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman has accepted an invitation from U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden to visit the U.S. in June, the Ukrainian governmental information and communications department reported on Friday.
KIEV, May 16 – The Cabinet of Ministers will focus on several priority areas such as resolving the problems at customs, domestic gas production and dealing with monopolies, Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman said.
KIEV, May 16 – President Petro Poroshenko has vetoed a bill aimed at curbing the shortage of scrap ferrous metal on the domestic market and returned it to parliament with his proposals, his press service reported.
KIEV, May 16 - Experts from the UN Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee have included two Ukrainian citizens in the list of those suspected of smuggling weapons into the country and therefore recommended sanctioning them, Reuters reported.
