KYIV, Nov 12 – The hryvnia will devalue to UAH 29/$1 by the end of 2020, due to the prospect of incidences of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease and strict quarantine measures, bankers said in a poll.

VILNIUS, Nov 13 – Creating an east European energy hub will allow Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania to become energy independent from Russia, said Parliamentary Speaker Andriy Parubiy.

KYIV, Nov 13 – The biggest problems for Ukraine are war, corruption, unemployment, as well as the low level of salaries and pensions, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology the Kyiv-based Razumkov Center and Sociological Group Rating.

KYIV, Nov 13 – Ukraine will probably need a new program on cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2019 to retain macroeconomic stability, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Oleh Churiy said.

KYIV, Nov 13 – Parliamentary Speaker Andriy Parubiy and leaders of the parliamentary factions and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim have discussed the issue of land reform and the possible increase in the financing of Ukraine by the World Bank.

KYIV, Nov 14 – Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, will visit to Ukraine Wednesday to discuss the implementation of the Agreement on the Ukraine-EU Association and the Free Trade Area, the European Union Mission in Kyiv reported.

KIEV, Nov 14 - The World Bank is working with the Ukrainian government to ensure a pension reform law is fair and fiscally sound despite being watered down with “unfortunate” amendments, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Nov. 14 - U.S. and Russian envoys have "different concepts for how to make peace" in eastern Ukraine, but will continue to work to achieve that goal, RFE/RL reported.

KIEV, Nov.15 – Owners of bankrupt banks who do not want to return debts benefit from the campaign against the National Bank of Ukraine organized by Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko, while it harms Ukrainians, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

KIEV, Nov. 15 - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, whose country continues to grapple with Russian occupation and annexation of its territory, Politico reported Tuesday.