KIEV, Sept. 14 – The government has accepted the proposal by the Ukrainian Economic Development Ministry and the state aircraft maker Antonov over the latter's withdrawal from its Moscow based joint venture with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

KIEV, Sept. 15 – Dmytro Firtash's Group DF said that serious progress has been made in reaching a compromise with Gaz Ukrainy on launching public joint-stock company Azot (Cherkasy) and public joint-stock company Rivneazot.

KIEV, Sept. 15 – The retention of the gas royalty rate for Ukrgazvydobuvannia at 70% and the decline of oil prices to lower than $40 per barrel would result in gas production by the company in 2016 falling to 12.4 billion cubic meters (bcm) compared to the 14.5 bcm projected for 2015, Ukrgazvydobuvannia Chairman Oleh Prokhorenko said.

KIEV, Sept. 9 – A total of UAH 4.4 billion less was received by the national budget of Ukraine in January-August 2014 compared to the same period of 2013 due to the situation in the eastern regions of the country, said Ihor Bilous, head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 10 – National Energy Company Ukrenergo has cut the limit of electrical power consumption in September by 20% for electricity supply companies of Dnipropetrovsk region, DTEK Dniprooblenergo reported.

KIEV, Sept. 10 - Ukraine is planning to hold presentations of its gas transportation system (GTS) for U.S. companies throughout September, said Yuriy Vitrenko, the chief advisor to the Naftogaz Ukrayiny CEO.

KIEV, Sept. 10 – The fall in average trading on the interbank currency market after the introduction of a fee to the Pension Fund from currency transactions in April from $1.2-1.3 billion to $200-300 million is one of the reasons for the sharp jumps of the hryvnia exchange rate, and the introduction of market-makers could overcome this phenomenon, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva has said.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – The Obolon Corporation, one of the largest beer and beverage producers in Ukraine, has written the Ukrainian government asking for a ban on imports of Russian beer in response to sanctions introduced by Russia.

KIEV, Sept. 11 - Ukraine will need to import more coal to avoid shortages after fighting with pro-Russian separatists destabilized the country’s key coal-producing region, Volodymyr Hroysman, the regional development and housing minister said Thursday.

THE HAGUE, Sept. 12 – Ukraine is interested in using United States technology for extracting gas from depleted fields, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.