2015 Economic CrisisBBC: EU agrees 1.8 billion-euro loan to cash-strapped UkraineBy BBC. Published May 22, 2015 at 2:24 pm People wait for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko near Ukrainian embassy in Riga. Photo by Olena GoncharovaThe EU has agreed a €1.8bn (£1.3bn; $2bn) loan to Ukraine - the largest financial deal with a non-EU member.Read more here