KYIV, April 13 - President Petro Poroshenko has announced plans to quit the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and terminate parts of a friendship treaty with Russia, RFE/RL reported. | More

KYIV, April 13 – The state-owned enterprise Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has reported that the plant launched programs of visits to the plant for everyone. | More

KYIV, April 13 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the introduction of new samples of excise duties for tobacco products made in Ukraine and imported products from July 1, 2018. This concerns cigars and cigarillos (apart from filtered and non-filtered cigarettes and mouthpiece cigarettes). | More

KYIV, April 12 - Ukraine’s central bank left its main interest rate at 17 percent on Thursday, as expected, but warned that an improving outlook for inflation could be undermined if the International Monetary Fund delays in disbursing loans, Reuters reported. | More

NEW YORK, April 12 – The U.S. government will probably add more Russian billionaires to financial sanctions list and make Russian assets “uninvestable” if Moscow continues its aggressive policy, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. | More

KYIV, April 12 – Ukraine and Moldova agreed to boost trade and investment projects in order to accelerate both countries integration into the European Union, the presidential press service reported Thursday. | More

KYIV, April 11 - Ukraine will impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs including Oleg Deripaska, following the lead of penalties ordered by the United States, President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday. | More

KYIV, April 10 – The World Bank kept the forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth in 2018 at 3.5%, Lead Economist and Program Leader covering Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Faruk Khan said in Kyiv on Tuesday. | More

KYIV, April 11 – Ukraine raised some issues regarding trade relations with Russia at an official meeting of the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said. | More