KYIV, Dec 12 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) cut refinancing rate to 13.5% starting on Friday, down from 15.5% in response to rapidly appreciating hryvnia and low inflation pressure, the bank said in a statement.

KYIV, Dec. 14 – Ukraine and Russia have failed to reach an agreement on natural gas transit at the latest round of talks on Friday, but will continue negotiations, a senior Naftogaz official said Saturday.

KHARKIV, Dec 12 – At least 16,000 people in the Kharkiv region will be left in the cold if Russia decides to suspend natural gas supplies via Ukraine due to Soviet-built infrastructure in the region, a senior regional official said Thursday.

KYIV, Dec 12 – Ukraine's GDP in 2019 will accelerate growth to 3.7% from 3.3% last year thanks to high household demand due to record high consumer confidence since 2008, growing wages and boom in consumer lending, the ICU investment group has said.

KYIV, Dec 13 – The turnover of goods and services purchased online in Ukraine in January-November amounted to UAH 76 billion, which is 17% more than in the same period in 2018, the EVO group of companies has said.

KYIV, Dec 13 – Cargo handling in Ukrainian seaports for the first time in 11 years has reached 150 million tons, Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy has said.

MOSCOW, Dec 13 - Sberbank Europe AG, a subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia, has finalized a deal to sell 99.92% of shares in VS Bank to TAS Group of Sergiy Tigipko.

KYIV, Dec 12 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny head Andriy Kobolev during his visit to the United States last week and meetings in Washington, D.C. with U.S. Trump administration officials discussed natural gas supplies to Europe and the preservation of gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine.

MOSCOW. Dec 12 - The S7 company, which is about to resume the Sea Launch program, has enough clients, S7 Group co-owner and chair of the board of directors Natalia Filyova told the press.

KYIV, Dec 13 – Gas transit across Ukraine fell by 23%, to 200 million cubic meters (mcm) a day due to an explosion in Baumgarten (Austria), Advisor to the Energy and Coal Industry Minister of Ukraine Maskym Beliavsky said.