KYIV, Dec 28 – Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych said that in the absence of international financial assistance, indexation of social payments in 2024 may not take place.

KYIV, Dec 28 - Ukraine, which received the right to duty-free food supplies to the EU in 2022, has become one of the largest suppliers of agricultural products to the EU this year, the Polish publication farmer.pl reported, citing a report from the European Commission.

KYIV, Dec 27 – Ukraine's export earnings from the sale of agricultural products in 2022 will be about $23.3 billion, which is 16% less than the same indicator last year, according to the website of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) on Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec 27 – Problems with logistics and power supply during the export of agricultural products from Ukraine during the war make the cultivation of grain crops unprofitable, therefore, in 2023, the total harvest in the country will be reduced three times compared to the record pre-war level, to 40 million tons from almost 120 million tons.

KYIV, Dec 27 – The tariff for oil transit through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia will increase by 18.3% from January 1, 2023, from EUR 11.5 per ton to EUR13.6 per ton, a government source told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 23 - The Cabinet of Ministers intends to allocate UAH 300 million from the budget reserve fund to pay off wage arrears to the employees of state coal mining enterprises.

The corresponding protocol instruction to the Ministry of Economy was adopted at a government meeting on Thursday.

KYIV, Dec 23 - Oxford Economics has worsened expectations of real GDP growth in Ukraine in 2022 to 2.8% compared to 3.4% in the November forecast, by the end of 2021 it expects the country's economy to grow by 3.1% of GDP, as follows from materials of the December forecast, which are available to Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 24 – Ukrainian agriculture businesses asked the government to provide a commodity loan for the purchases of natural gas to help increase production of mineral fertilizers, Petro Melnyk, President of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB), said.

KYIV, Dec 24 - The consumer confidence index of Ukrainians after a decrease in October by 4.9 points in November also decreased - by 2.8 points, to 66 points on a 200-point scale, according to a study by Info Sapiens agency.

KYIV, Dec 24 – The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Thursday approved the bill on the National Register of Emissions and Transfer of Pollutants, which will allow tracking the harmful emissions of more than 4,000 industrial enterprises operating in the country.