Ukraine parliament passes budget to unlock $3.9 billion in IMF loans

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian lawmakers passed the 2019 budget early on Friday, taking a crucial step to unlock $3.9 billion (3.03 billion pounds) of loans from the International Monetary Fund to tide over a choppy election period next year. Exact details of the budget's final version are not yet public, but Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has promised to keep it in line with the IMF's requirements, which include a budget deficit of around 2.3 percent."We have begun many processes, reforms and..