KYIV, Aug 1 – Ukraine for the first time since 2013 reported 0.9% rise in employment numbers in January through June amid signs the economy has been picking up pace, Valeriy Yaroshenko, the acting head of the State Employment Service, said.

"We are witnessing the labor market is actually demonstrating some kind of stabilization for the first half of 2018. The growth in the employment of the population occurred for the first time since 2013," he said at a news conference.