KIEV, Dec. 14 - Ukraine assured the European Union that it won’t take Russian natural gas transit to Europe as payment to pay the $6.74 billion penalty imposed on Gazprom by its anti-monopoly committee, Energy and Fuel Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk said Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 14 - An Amsterdam court has ruled that ancient treasures on loan to a Dutch museum should be handed to Ukraine and not the Crimea museums they came from, BBC reported.

KIEV, Dec. 12 - The European Commission has issued an additional EUR4 million of immediate aid for humanitarian needs in eastern Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 12 - Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite hopes that the citizens of Ukraine will be able to travel to EU countries without visas in 2017.

KIEV, Dec. 13 – Experts of the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) are working in Ukraine.

"We are visiting Ukraine as part of the fourth evaluation round, which deals with the issues of combating corruption among judges, prosecutors and parliamentarians.

KIEV, Dec. 14 – President Petro Poroshenko is confident that Ukraine will manage to compensate the losses from the closure of the Russian market for Ukrainian producers in several years with the help of the deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) between Ukraine and the EU.

KIEV, Dec. 14 – The first set of bankers or owners of banks to face punishment for bringing financial institutions to insolvency could appear by the end of 2015, First Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Director Oleksandr Pysaruk said.

MOSCOW, Dec. 14 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia to try and narrow gaps with Russian leaders over a political transition to end Syria's civil war and restore stability in eastern Ukraine, AP reported.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – Ukraine and Cyprus have signed a revamped intergovernmental agreement to avoid double taxation.

The document was signed by Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and Cypriot Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis in the presence of the presidents of the two countries.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – President Petro Poroshenko and leaders from the European Union will hold a mini summit in Brussels on December 16 to address a broad agenda which includes various aspects of cooperation, a Ukrainian diplomatic source told Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.