28.08.2015

15:00

Ukraine not to be federalized through decentralization Poroshenko

The draft constitutional amendments regarding decentralization will not federalize Ukraine or grant special status to any of its regions, President Petro Poroshenko said at a congress of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, Solidarity and UDAR parties in Kyiv on Friday.

14:50

Klitschko becomes leader of Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity' party

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has been elected the leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity' party. Earlier on Friday, Klitschko's predecessor at this post in the party and leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction Yuriy Lutsenko asked the congress delegates to elect the Ukrainian capital's mayor as the new leader of this political force.

14:20

Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity' to join European People's Party

In the near future, Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity' will join the European People's Party (EPP), Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.

13:50

Ukraine hopes to sign document on winter gas supplies in Sept

After a Ukraine-EU bilateral meeting in Vienna senior Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official Mykhailo Bno-Airiian expressed hope that the winter package on Russian natural gas supplies will be successfully signed with Russia in September.

13:05

Ukrainian PM again urges Russia to accept debt rescheduling offer, says 'there will be no better terms'

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has urged Russia to accept the debt payment offer. "I am again calling on Russia to accept our offer; Russia will not be offered better terms," he said at a government meeting on Friday, noting that Russia was not a member of the creditors committee.

12:30

Poroshenko, Mogherini stress importance of Minsk agreements, not rule out tougher Russia sanctions

The sanctions against Russia for its involvement in the eastern Ukraine conflict could be continued and even toughened, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini agreed with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko during his visit to Brussels on August 27.

12:05

Poroshenko, Belgian PM agree to continue discussions on MH17 investigation

During his visit to Brussels on Thursday, President Poroshenko has come to an agreement with Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel on continuing the ongoing consultations on the investigation into the MH17 airplane downing within the international investigative group, which includes Ukraine and Belgium.

11:35

Militants shell Ukrainian positions 109 times over past 24 hours

The situation in the eastern Ukraine war zone remained tense on August 28th; Ukrainian army operation press centre said in its Friday report the situation was the tensest in the area of the Ukrainian-controlled port city of Mariupol.

10:50

30,000-50,000 Russians involved in Donbas hostilities - ex-DPR chief

Between 30,000 and 50,000 Russians are fighting voluntarily in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, former chief of the Donetsk People's Republic terrorist organization Aleksandr Borodai said at a press conference in Moscow.

10:25

IMF welcomes agreement between Ukraine, creditors on eurobond restructuring - Lagarde

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed the agreement between Ukraine and its creditors regarding the terms of sovereign eurobonds restructuring, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said.

10:10

UN, Switzerland provide $1 mln aid to support small and medium businesses in Ukraine

Switzerland and the UN have provided a $1 million in financial assistance to support the Ukrainian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in 2015-2018, Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Ukraine Guido Beltrani told reporters at the signing of the draft for supporting SME business associations, Ukrinform reports.

27.08.2015

18:46

NBU intends to increase gold reserves to $18 bln this year

The National Bank of Ukraine intends to increase gold reserves up to 18 billion dollars till the end of 2015, Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriya Hontareva said at a briefing on Thursday, Ukrinform reports.

18:25

EU notes progress in reforms by Ukraine and may transfer last two installments of financial aid

The European Union is satisfied with the reforms implementation in Ukraine and, taking the fact into account, it will transfer the last two installments of financial assistance to Ukraine.

17:55

EU strengthens presence in Minsk process

Members of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the EU will visit Ukraine. It will become one of the measures to strengthen the EU presence in the Minsk process, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and President of the European Council Donald Tusk agreed during a meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Ukrinform reports.

17:09

There will be no 'Minsk 3' – Poroshenko

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that there's no chance of the Minsk agreements being reconsidered.