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U.S., Russia envoys meet for Donbas talks
MINSK, Aug. 21 - The new U.S. special envoy for efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Kurt Volker, has met with a Kremlin aide in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, RFE/RL reported Monday. 23:33 | More

Slovakia's Nafta seeks to invest in Yuzivske shale gas project in Ukraine
KYIV, Aug 19 – Slovakia's Nafta, a leading oil and gas company in the country, seeks to become a participant, investor and operator of the product sharing agreement (PSA) for the Yuzivske shale gas field. 23:32 | More

Ukraine to enjoy political support from Trump, security strategist says
KYIV, Aug 21 – Ukraine will enjoy political support from the United States with the new U.S. leadership, Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies and adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Horbulin has said. 23:30 | More

President Petro Poroshenko was debriefed about the findings of the Working Group on the verification of information published by the New York Times on August 14, 2017.(Photo by the president's press service)

Naftogaz plans to tap Lazard for selling its Egyptian oil producing assets
KYIV, Aug. 21 - Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny plans to hire French investment bank Lazard to explore possibility of selling its oil producing assets in Egypt, the company said Monday. 23:12 | More

IN FOCUS	Poroshenko orders N Korea rocket probe KYIV, Aug. 17 - President Petro Poroshenko has ordered an urgent investigation into a contested report that a factory in Ukraine may have supplied powerful missile engines to North Korea in breach of international sanctions, The Irish Times reported Thursday. 22:08 \| More
US, Russia envoys to hold Donbas talks MOSCOW, Aug. 20 - American envoy Kurt Volker is to meet his Russian counterpart Vladislav Surkov on Monday to try to restore peace in eastern Ukraine, Dow Jones Newswires reported. 22:58 \| 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