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Cabinet to increase gas rates for population to market level in 2015: 20 million of Ukrainians will receive grants-in-aid Prime Minister Yatseniuk announced plans to raise gas prices for citizens to the market level not in 2017, as expected earlier, but yet in 2015. 191 226 661 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Rada approves state budget for 2016 law Ukrainian parliament has passed the state budget law during its extraordinary meeting at night of Dec. 25. 99 160 323 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
IMF concerned about Rada’s refusal to vote for state budget-2016: deviation from program objectives may disrupt relevant international financing The International Monetary Fund is concerned about the debate in the Verkhovna Rada on the draft tax reform and budget-2016. 25 284 264 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Minimum wage, subsistence level increased in Ukraine today The minimum wage and subsistence level for able-bodied persons went up by 150 hryvnia or 10.3 percent, up to 1,600 hryvnia (about $60) on Dec. 1. 135 081 243 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Verkhovna Rada adopted the state budget of Ukraine for 2015 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine deputies supported as a whole the bill #1000 "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2015". 107 276 231 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Ukraine fails to purchase arms, cover repair due to underfunded State Defense Order Ukrainian army is critically underfunded by UAH 3.6 billion (approx. $142.241 million) due to political discrepancies over the draft law on confiscation of illegally acquired assets of former President Yanukovych and his cronies. The relevant Verkhovna Rada committee requires to urgently allocate necessary financing from budget's general fund in order to strengthen the army. 93 626 203 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 If Ukraine does not approve the budget, the IMF mission will not come at all – Herashchenko If the state budget for 2015 is not approved in the next few days, the IMF mission might postpone its visit to Ukraine for an indefinite period. 24 685 202 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
MPs fell asleep in the Parliament on Sunday. PHOTOS The members of the Ukrainian parliament fell asleep during the Sunday's session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 115 781 202 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Authorities approved decent defense and security budget despite crisis, - Butusov. DOCUMENT Censor.NET Chief Editor Yurii Butusov believes that given the current economic crisis, authorities have approved a decent defense and security budget for 2016. 37 957 198 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Afghan Veterans and Chornobyl Victims are Preparing for Protests due to Budget 2013 The state budget provides for the reduction of funding for all programs for Chornobyl victims. Also the main financial document significantly reduces funding to provide Afghan veterans with housing. 18 208 182 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 Chernobyl protests 
Minister Jaresko elaborated on salaries and pensions in 2016 The Ministry of Finance plans to raise the minimum wage and the living wage by 12.5 percent in 2016 in two stages, on May 1 and on Dec. 1, Minister of Finance Natalie Jaresko said presenting the 2016 draft budget in the Verkhovna Rada. 81 461 176 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Poroshenko on 2016 state budget: "This is minimum necessary basis for reforms" President Poroshenko considers the state budget for 2016 the minimum necessary foundation for reforms. 12 703 142 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Budget bills voting failed. Speaker Hroisman closes Rada session Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Hroisman has closed today's session of the parliament. 41 339 136 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 Salary of ATO soldiers to increase fourfold, - Minister Jaresko Finance Ministry-developed budget 2016 has allowed to increase monthly salary payments for base area soldiers by almost three times, from 2,341 to 7,000 UAH ($265 monthly), and for anti-terrorist operation (ATO) soldiers - by four times, to 10,300 UAH ($389). 46 702 135 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Cabinet reluctant to fund Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office as promised, - Kholodnytskyi Government's draft budget provides that the specialized anti-corruption prosecutor's office should be funded as an ordinary department of the PGO. 25 189 131 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 Fighting corruption in Ukraine 
State budget revenue performance exceeded 12 billion hryvnia as of end May, - Nasirov The state budget revenue performance exceeded 12 billion hryvnia over the period of Jan. - May 2016. 25 384 120 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Average rate of 17 hryvnia per dollar was taken as basis of state budget for 2015 - Yatseniuk Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatseniuk said that the draft state budget for 2015 is based on the rate of 17 hryvnia per dollar. 23 208 113 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Rada Took Money Away From Disabled and Mothers with Large Families and Added Some to Security Forces The budget for 2013 which was adopted by the parliament on Thursday, December 6, provides for 1 billion hryvnia spending increase for the maintenance of public order and the protection of the state from illegal encroachments. 8 376 94 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Ukrainian Scientists Will Picket Cabinet of Ministers: We Have No Money. This is a Disaster!. VIDEO On Thursday, December 6, representatives of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences (NAS) intend to picket the Cabinet of Ministers and the Parliament to demand provision in the state budget 2013 the expenditures of the academy in the amount of 3.2 billion hryvnia. 7 236 88 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Regime Restored all Deputy Benefits in Budget 2013, Says Opposition Thanks to the law on budget 2013 parliamentary privileges are returning. 6 111 84 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
239 Buttons Pressed for State Budget 2013. Buttons not Votes, Says Opposition’s Kyrylenko. VIDEO Opposition’s deputy Viacheslav Kyrylenko said that the draft budget 2013 was not supported by the MPs despite the number 239 on the board. 12 463 82 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
"This is the first budget based on revenues and possibilities instead of expenditures and wishes," - Ukraine’s Finance Ministry consults with public on state budget draft for 2017. PHOTO The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine is set to draw the state budget for 2017 taking into account experts’ opinions. 12 349 77 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Budget approval does not guarantee new IMF tranche, - Finance Minister Jaresko The Verkhovna Rada's approval of the state budget bill for 2016 is a prerequisite for providing of another tranche by the International Monetary Fund; however, it does not guarantee it. 10 008 76 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Regions Deputy: There Will Not Be Stable Majority in New Parliament so a Bad Budget but Now is Better There will not be a stable majority in the next parliament so it is better to pass a bad budget and then make changes, stated Party of Regions Dmytro Sviatash on TVi. 5 642 74 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Yatseniuk voices main tasks for state budget in 2016, hopes draft is ready until Dec. 24 One of the major goals of the State budget for next year is to provide for increase in social standards. 7 531 72 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Parliament refuses to vote for the Cabinet's drafts Tuesday "Samopomich" faction deputies are discontent with the fact that they received Budget and Tax Code texts only at 6 a.m. in the morning of Tuesday. 45 896 70 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Verkhovna Rada Passed Budget 2013 The parliament supported the budget draft for the next year. 7 961 68 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Poroshenko signs state budget law 2016 President Petro Poroshenko signed the law on the state budget for 2016 on Thursday, Dec. 31. 8 434 68 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Klitschko complains about state budget-2016: "It exposes Kyiv to survival instead of development" The conditions stipulated by the state budget for the capital place Kyiv into a situation of survival rather than development. 10 555 51 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
Opposition Deputy on Urgent Adoption of Budget: It's Incredible. They Violated Everything. Regions are Afraid of Next Parliament’s Dissolution The Party of Regions wants to urgently adopt a law on the state budget 2013 despite the unprecedented violations because they fear that in the next parliament they will not have enough votes, and President Viktor Yanukovych will have to dissolve the parliament. 11 999 47 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 Opposition is Ready to Face the Regions During Budget 2013 Voting The Party of Regions expects to adopt the budget on Thursday without the help of the Communists. 4 482 41 Previously in trend: Budget 2013 
