The foreign ministers of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, the associate states of the Eastern Partnership Initiative, signed a joint statement on the integration into the European Union, initiating a gradual transition to unlimited access to the four EU freedoms, common market for goods, services, capital and labor, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Thursday

The next round of ministerial-level gas consultations involving Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission could take place next week, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday

The number of those injured in Wednesday's fire at a college in the Ukrainian city of Odessa increased to 30, while another 14 are missing, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said on Thursday