KYIV, Sept 15 - Ukrainian lawmakers joined western countries in condemning the recent presidential election in Belarus by passing a motion that would enforce future sanctions against individuals involved in fixing elections and using violence against demonstrators, Fox News reported.

KYIV, Sept 14 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the adoption of bill No. 3991 will allow the use of funds from local budgets for the purchase of personal protective equipment, the presidential press service reported.

KYIV, Sept 13 - The next International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Ukraine to review the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) is expected to be on September 19, according to a preliminary offering memorandum for Ukraine's Eurobonds.

KYIV, Sep 13 – President Petro Poroshenko will open a plenary session of the 14th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv on September 15.

KYIV, Sept. 13 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman on Wednesday said the government was committed to implementing reforms backed by the International Monetary Fund, following a meeting with IMF first deputy managing director David Lipton, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept 14 – Vice President of the European Commission on Energy Union Maros Sefcovic will arrive in Kyiv on a working visit on Friday, the EU Delegation to Ukraine has reported.

KYIV, Sept 14 – Ukraine's draft state budget for 2018 envisages the allocation of UAH 163 billion for the security and defense of the state, President Petro Poroshenko has said.

KYIV, Sept. 14 - Ukraine has hailed the success of strike-drone tests as part of a project with neighboring Poland to develop unmanned military vehicles amid a three-year war with Russian-backed insurgents, Newsweek reported.

KIEV, Sept. 9 - Kiev will host the Eurovision song contest properly and on the highest level, the Ukrainian capital's mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

"The capital is objectively the best prepared and suitable city for hosting events of this level. Besides its experience of conducting Eurovision, which Kiev hosted in 2005, the Ukrainian capital also hosted the final of the European football championship, Euro 2012.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - The 13th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) “The World, Europe and Ukraine: storms of changes,“ organized by the international civil platform YES, in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, will be held in Kiev on September 15-17.