KIEV, Oct. 30 – Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Monday the government needs some 30 days to submit to Parliament bills that are required for Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Ukraine, in bilateral talks with other countries, will push for retaining $1.4 bln in annual state subsidies for the agriculture sector after joining the World Trade Organization, a top official said Saturday.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – President Viktor Yushchenko is expected to meet Parliament’s group leaders Monday seeking their “urgent” support for bills required for Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade Organization by the end of the year.

KIEV, Oct. 28 - Kiev's Nadra Bank has finished placing $100 mln in three-year eurobonds at annual interest of 9.5%, a market source told Interfax-Ukraine, citing a statement by the issue's lead managers.

KIEV, Oct.28 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned a B2 long-term and a Not-Prime short-term global local currency deposit rating to TAS-Investbank of Ukraine, reads a Moody's announcement carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – President Petro Poroshenko has announced the appointment of Kharkiv regional governor Ihor Rainin as head of the Presidential Administration.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch intends to make a trip through Ukraine to get acquainted with the changes taking place in the country and hear what Ukrainians are striving for.

KIEV, Aug. 30 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved some priority areas of activity, the implementation of which require government approval.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 30 - European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said he will visit Kiev on Friday to discuss energy reforms and lay the groundwork for trilateral talks with Ukraine and Russia that he hopes will help ensure uninterrupted gas supplies in the winter, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 30 – Russia has amassed 100,000 troops on its border with Ukraine for military exercises that may result in “bloody consequences” should it decide to escalate the armed conflict in Donbas, President Petro Poroshenko’s spokesman said Tuesday.