KYIV, Jan 16 – Security concerns of Ukrainian businesses are growing, long-term plans are deteriorating, and the level of uncertainty remains quite high, these are the main results of the 20th December NRES (New Monthly Enterprises Survey) survey of enterprises conducted by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting.

KYIV, Jan 5 – On January 4, the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) of Ukraine, along with Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv froze bank accounts of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region).

KYIV, Jan 5 – The Russian Federation continues to block the supply of thermal coal contracted by Centrenergo through its territory, it is not possible to resolve the issue, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko has said.

KYIV, Jan 5 – Russian natural gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine dropped 25.4% on the year to 41.6 billion cubic meters in 2021, down from 55.8 million cu m in 2020, Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) reported.

KYIV, Jan 5 - Imports of natural gas to Ukraine from the EU in 2021 decreased by 83.9% (by 13.34 billion cubic meters) compared to 2020 - to 2.56 billion cubic meters, the press service of GTSOU said.

KYIV, Jan 6 – The growth of the pharmaceutical market will be 20% in 2021, the rates will be slightly lower in 2022, attention will be focused on chronic diseases, Ihor Nykyforchyn, Director of Medical Affairs at Pharmaceutical Firm Darnitsa, has said.

KYIV, Jan 6 – The National Bank of Ukraine’s foreign exchange reserves rose 6% over the past 12 months to $30.941 billion after the government had resorted to massive borrowing to support the ailing economy, NBU’s data show.

KYIV, Jan 6 – Metinvest currently has planned its investment program at the level of $1.3-1.5 billion per year over the next three to four years, further investments will depend on how the company develops green metallurgy, Metinvest Group CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov said in an interview with Metal Expert.

KYIV, Jan 6 – A debt of Ukrenergo to the state-owned enterprise Guaranteed Buyer, relating to the electricity produced by renewable energy sources for 2021, is approximately UAH 11.3 billion.

Guaranteed Buyer published the relevant data on the website on Tuesday, January 4.

KYIV, Jan 6 – Ukraine’s national power grid Ukrenergo has begun construction of a fiber-optic communication line (FOCL) with a length of 1,525 km, the company said on its website on Wednesday.