KYIV, Jan 15 – Ukraine’s economy probably expanded 3.4% on year in 2018, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday citing preliminary figures.

SIMFEROPOL, Jan 16 - A court in Amsterdam may hear the appeal filed by four Crimean museums against the decision to return the 'Scythian gold' to Ukraine in spring 2018, East Crimea Historical and Cultural Open-Air Museum general director Tatyana Umrikhina told reporters in Simferopol on Tuesday.

KYIV, Jan 16 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that the construction of the second stage of the National Museum "Memorial to Holodomor Victims" will begin in February and will take two years, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers has reported.

KYIV, Jan. 16 - Police and protesters have clashed Thursday near the Ukrainian parliament, where lawmakers discussed legislation on the "reintegration" of regions held by Russia-backed separatists, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Jan 15 - The bill on the Anti-Corruption Court has been drafted in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine and the recommendations of the Venice Commission, and discussions on specific norms should be held in the Ukrainian parliament, the press service of the Presidential Administration reported.

KIEV, Jan. 13 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman in a telephone conversation with Moldovan Prime Minister Paul Philip has proposed to hold a meeting of the intergovernmental commission in Ukraine in April or May.

KIEV, Jan. 16 - Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has held a meeting on preparing Ukraine-NATO exercises for protection of the electricity infrastructure of Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 16 - Outgoing U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday urged the international community to stand against what he called Russian aggression and urged the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump to be a strong supporter of Ukraine, RFE/RL reported.

MOSCOW, Jan. 13 – Russia will file a court claim against Ukraine, which has defaulted on $3 billion in eurobonds, before the end of January, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told reporters.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has asked the Justice Ministry to check the lawfulness of the formation of gas tariffs for households by the National Commission on Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation.