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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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Minister voices concern about Donbas deal
KYIV, Sept. 16 - Ukraine's foreign minister has voiced concern about the prospect of being nudged into an unfavorable agreement with Russia, adding that he hopes the West is pressuring Moscow as hard as it is pushing Kyiv for progress toward peace in the Donbas, RFE/RL reported. 08:14 | More

USDA increases Ukraine’s barley export forecast to 4.8-mln mt in 2019/20
KYIV, Sept 16 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reviewed upwards its forecast for export of barley from Ukraine in the 2019/20 agricultural year (July-June) by 0.4 million tons compared with the August forecast, to 4.8 million tons, and barley harvest forecast – by 0.55 million tons, to 9.2 million tons. 08:12 | More

Ukraine, Slovakia offer pipelines for Gazprom to boost shipments
KYIV, Sept 16 – The gas transmission systems of Ukraine and Slovakia are ready to help Russia's Gazprom with delivery of the required volumes of Russian gas to Europe, replacing the services of the OPAL pipeline, Chairman of Executive Board of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Andriy Kobolev said. 08:11 | More

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Alain Pilloux. (Photo by Presidential press service.)

Ukraine’s 2020 budget draft submitted to Parliament, PM Honcharuk says
KYIV, Sept 16 – Ukraine’s 2020 budget draft was submitted to Parliament before September 15 deadline, but will be amended again before November 2, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said. 08:09 | More

IN FOCUS	Sentsov vows to help prisoners of Putin KYIV, Sept. 10 - Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov plans to start making films again and to champion the rights of prisoners in Russian jails, he said on Tuesday, days after being freed in a landmark prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, Reuters reported. 12:04 \| More
Minister voices concern about Donbas deal KYIV, Sept. 16 - Ukraine's foreign minister has voiced concern about the prospect of being nudged into an unfavorable agreement with Russia, adding that he hopes the West is pressuring Moscow as hard as it is pushing Kyiv for progress toward peace in the Donbas, RFE/RL reported. 08:14 \| 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