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IMF urges Ukraine to speed up reforms
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Saturday urged Ukraine to forge ahead with deeper structural reforms needed to achieve stronger economic growth, Reuters reported. 18:40 | More

Ukraine’s foreign trade deficit widens 130% on year to $5.83-bln in 2018
KYIV, Feb 14 – The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in 2018 was estimated at $5.83 billion, which is 130% wider than in 2017, the State Statistics Service reported on Thursday. 18:39 | More

Ukraine accuses Russia of failure to meet WTO obligations on transit of goods
KYIV, Feb 15 – Ukraine at a meeting of the committee on trade facilitation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has said that Russia does not observe its obligations regarding freedom of transit, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported. 18:38 | More

On February 20, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will pay a working visit to the United States and take part in the work of the UN General Assembly, where for the first time in the history of this organization plenary debates will be held on a new agenda item: "The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine". It was stated by Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Kostiantyn Yelisieiev. (Photo by the press service of the president.)

Turboatom, Energoatom signed UAH 500-mln contract to produce condenser
KHARKIV, Feb 15 – Turboatom, a turbine manufacturer, and Energoatom, the nuclear power generator, signed UAH 500 million contract to produce a condenser for the turbine of reactor No 3 of South-Ukrainian NPP, the companies reported. 18:37 | More

IN FOCUS	SBU investigates Putin’s ally in Ukraine KYIV, Feb 5 - Authorities in Ukraine say they are investigating allegations that Viktor Medvedchuk, a shadowy Ukrainian political operative with close personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has committed high treason and sought to undermine the country's territorial integrity. 14:55 \| More
EU agrees to regulate Russia’s pipeline BRUSSELS, Feb 8 - European Union nations backed a plan to regulate Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline on Friday, a move that will likely slow but not rule out its construction, Reuters reported. 14:01 \| More

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS

Threats persist from Chernobyl and Fukusima, Greenpeace reports The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.More	Consumer inflation slowing faster than expected, NBU reports The actual slow of consumer inflation in February in annual terms is quicker than the inflation-slowing trajectory to 12% as of late 2016 projected by the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator has reported on its website.More
ING analysts forecast 2016 GDP decline, citing political risks Analysts from ING Bank have confirmed the forecast of a decline in real gross domestic product in 2016 by 1%, pointing to a predominance of political risks in the economy.More	NBU: Hryvnia slide caused by temporary and fundamental factors The decrease of the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market continue being caused by both temporary and fundamental market factors that result in the reduction of supply of foreign currency, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Oleh Churiy said.More