BRUSSELS, July 12 – President Petro Poroshenko does not expect any immediate results from the forthcoming meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16.

BRUSSELS, July 13 - Vice-President of the European Commission for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic has informed the U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry about the proposal of the EC for correcting the EU gas directive in connection with the discussions on Nord Stream 2.

KIEV, July 15 - Ukraine will double natural gas output within the next five years after new deals with foreign investors and plans to slash royalties on gas output by half, a government official said Wednesday.

LONDON, July 15 - President Petro Poroshenko would veto any bills passed by the country's parliament that threatened to roll back Kiev's reform agenda, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 13 – The package of seven fiscal bills which Ukraine's parliament is expected to consider this week, if adopted will raise the expenditures of the state budget by nearly 2% of GDP in the remainder of 2015 and 3.5% of GDP in 2016, significantly undermining the ongoing efforts to restore fiscal sustainability and macroeconomic stability in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund said.

KIEV, July 14 - National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said that the Ukrainian authorities are calculating losses caused by the state due to the occupation of some districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

KIEV, July 14 – Ukraine's Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has assessed Ukraine's losses from the annexation of Crimea in agriculture and related sectors at UAH 201.6 billion.

KIEV, July 14 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has had a number of meetings with U.S. business representatives as a part of his visit to Washington. The parties discussed the issues of nuclear energy, oil and gas industry and agrarian sector, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.

KIEV, July 11 - Kiev cannot use the money it receives in taxes to pay wages to public sector employees because of the illogical organization of the financial flow management system, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

LONDON, July 14 - Standard & Poor's has revised its outlook on Ukraine to stable from negative, the agency said in a press release.