KYIV, March 29 – TV channel 'Multimedia platform of foreign broadcasting of Ukraine' (UA TV) has started broadcasting in a test mode in territories of Donetsk region and annexed Crimea that are not under Ukraine's control.
KIEV, March 30 - Ukraine plans to import European natural gas from Romania as the two countries seek to build interconnectors to expand gas transportation capacity, President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday.
KIEV, March 30 - The International Monetary Fund executive board will meet on April 3 to decide whether to disburse a $1 billion aid tranche to Ukraine as part of its $17.5 billion bailout program for the country, Reuters reported on Thursday.
KIEV, March 30 – Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko has proposed that anti-corruption nongovernmental organizations join in drafting amendments to the law that would make the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) a body with ultimate responsibility.
KIEV, March 30 – Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman - considered a frontrunner to succeed Arseniy Yatseniuk as prime minister - has suggested the Ukrainian parliament allow temporarily - until May 1, 2017, the appointment of a foreigner as finance minister from among former heads or members of foreign governments.
KIEV, March 30 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk says he is ready to take any political decisions to form a parliamentary coalition and a new government.
TBILISI, March 30 - Russia is moving further away from having Western sanctions lifted over its role in the Ukraine crisis, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told Reuters on Wednesday.
BERLIN, March 30 - Russia is running a "shadow government" in rebel-held territories of eastern Ukraine under the control of the FSB intelligence service, German newspaper Bild reported Wednesday, citing minutes from an official commission, AFP reported.
KIEV, March 30 – National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) Director Artem Sytnyk says that a bill will be soon tabled in parliament to authorize the agency to conduct wiretaps and use wiretapping equipment.
KHARKIV, March 27 – A large-scale international military exercise involving U.S. instructors will be conducted on the Yavoriv training area in the Lviv region of western Ukraine in April, President Petro Poroshenko said.