KYIV, June 12 – The nominal gross domestic product of Ukraine in 2020 will decline to UAH 3.908 trillion, or to $130.3 billion, which brings to the average annual rate of UAH 30/$1.

KYIV, June 15 – Moody's Investors Service upgraded Ukraine's long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to B3 from Caa1, leaving outlook on the ratings as stable, the company said in a report.

KYIV, June 14 - Almost 70% of Ukrainian men believe that the most important role for women is to take care of the house, but 50% support the introduction of a guaranteed percentage of positions for women in government, parliament and management positions in companies.

KYIV, June 13 – The European Parliament (EP) on June 13 voted in favor of the third Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) program for Ukraine foreseeing the provision of EUR 1 billion to Ukraine.

KYIV, June 13 – President Petro Poroshenko thanked the deputies of the European Parliament for supporting the new macro-financial assistance program of the European Union for Ukraine and looks forward to a final decision by the EU Council.

BRUSSELS, June 14 - The European Union is seeking a date in early July to mediate talks between Russia and Ukraine over future gas transit to Europe once their contract expires in 2019, the EU’s energy chief told Reuters on Thursday.

MOSCOW, June 14 – Russia has put its naval forces in the Black Sea on heightened alert on Thursday with sources explaining the move by the need to protect the soccer World Cup tournament that gets underway.

KIEV, June 15 - National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov backs the decision to be made by Parliament to allow access of western partners to the privatization and investment projects in Ukrainian defense industry.

KIEV, June 15 – The Foreign Ministry confirmed that a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and the United States is in the offing, but did not give any specific dates.

WASHINGTON, June 15 - The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously on Thursday for legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia and force President Donald Trump to get Congress' approval before easing any existing sanctions on Russia, Reuters reported.