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.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - Ukraine’s largest oil company UkrNafta filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation for seizing its gasoline filling stations following annexation of the Crimean peninsula in March 2014, the company reported Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday he wanted EU and US help in securing Crimea's return from Russia and vowed to win back the separatist east this year, AFP reported.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 15 – EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Federica Mogherini has stressed that EU sanctions related to the annexation of Crimea and to "Russian destabilization of eastern Ukraine" will remain in force.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – The Ukrainian parliament has approved President Petro Poroshenko's decree that proposes three waves of mobilization in the country in 2015.