KYIV, Feb 13 – Ukrenergo power grid cannot be certified as an independent electricity transmission system operator in line with the model approved by the preliminary decision of the National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation of Ukraine on the certification of the company, the Energy Community Secretariat has said.

KYIV, Feb 13 – State-controlled PrivatBank headed the rating of the most profitable Ukrainian banks in 2019, declaring UAH 32.609 billion in net profit, while Pravex-Bank recorded the largest loss last year at UAH 121.502 million.

KIEV, Feb. 16 – The Nova Poshta Group does not plan to transform its financial company Post Finance (the Forpost payment system) into a bank, co-owner of the group Volodymyr Popereshniuk said.

MOSCOW, Feb. 16 - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak criticized the practice of importing gas into Ukraine via “reverse mode“ but admitted the practice is legal.

KIEV, Feb. 16 – Construction of a biscuit workshop of the Roshen Corporation near Boryspil (Kiev region) could be finished by the end of 2017, Roshen President Viacheslav Moskalevsky has said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

"I think that construction will be finished at the end of this year. Then we will launch one test line," he said.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – Egypt's share of the total sale on the Ukrainian outbound tourism market today is around 80%, TUI Ukraine Director General Nurhan Cali told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – Seed in Ukraine have not been certified since December 2016 and this threatens the spring crops sowing campaign, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) Oleksandr Zhemoida said.

KIEV, Feb. 14 - Production by PJSC Ukrnafta in 2017 will amount to 1.38 million tons of oil and gas condensate, which is 9.1% (138,000 tons) less than in 2016, company head Mark Rollins has said at a press conference in Kiev.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – A decision to shut down Lipetsk confectionary factory was made by managers of the Roshen Corporation and not the trust managing the company, Roshen Corporation President Viacheslav Moskalevsky said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 15 - S&P Global Ratings has designated the banking system of Ukraine a highest-risk system under its Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA).