KYIV, April 12 – The European Commission jointly with European alcohol producers intend to publish the Counterfeit and Piracy watch-list for Ukraine with the purpose of combating counterfeit alcohol sale in the EU partner countries. | More

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 – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze expects Ukraine to receive the first tranche of macro-financial assistance from the European Union in early autumn this year. | 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 12 – Ukraine plans on April 27 to approve a list of large state entities with assets worth over UAH 250 million for the privatization in 2018, acting Head of the State Property Fund (SPF) Vitaliy Trubarov said.
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KYIV, April 12 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman asked the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) and the Special Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) to verify media reports that the State Service for Geology and Deposits of Ukraine allegedly issued licenses to develop lithium fields to persons affiliated with power without holding tenders and using uncompetitive principles. | More