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U.S. watching Ukraine over oligarch bill
KYIV, July 24 - A top U.S. State Department official said the United States supports President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's goal of curtailing the power of tycoons, but cautioned that the path to achieving this "is difficult," RFE/RL reported. 22:26 | More

Ukraine raises $500-mln via additional issue of 2029 eurobond: minister
VILNIUS, July 23 - Ukraine on July 22 carried out the pricing of an additional issue of eurobonds for $500 million with maturity on May 21, 2029: the additional issue was held with a yield of 6.3% and an offer price of 103.493% of par, the Finance Ministry has reported. 22:25 | More

Naftogaz to seek contracts with European firms for gas transit
KYIV, July 23 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny hopes for negotiations with European companies on booking capacities of the gas transportation system (GTS) of Ukraine following the agreements reached by the United States and Germany on promoting the preservation of the Ukrainian transit route, Head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Yuriy Vitrenko has stated. 22:24 | More

The implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project should be considered at a meeting in the Normandy format with representatives of Germany and France, as it is an integral part of Ukraine’s security. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel with media representatives in Berlin.

Ukraine’s joining of European power grid calls for tax legislation changes
KYIV, July 23 – Coupling of the Ukrainian and European electricity markets, in addition to solving a number of technical issues, requires, in particular, the adoption of amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding the calculation and payment of value added tax (VAT), Head of the Market Operator Roman Sutchenko has said. 22:22 | More

IN FOCUS	U.S. asks Ukraine to stay quiet on pipeline KYIV, July 20 – The Biden administration has quietly asked Ukraine to withhold criticism of controversial Russian natural gas pipeline until the U.S. and Germany agree on the matter, Politico reported Tuesday. 18:22 \| More
U.S., Germany reach pact on Nord Stream 2 WASHINGTON, July 21 – The U.S. and Germany reached an agreement to allow completion of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a thorny, long-standing point of contention between the allies, CNBC reported Wednesday. 14:54 \| 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