VILNIUS, Aug 14 - Lithuania's Modus Group is investing EUR 30 million in a new cluster of solar power plants in Ukraine's northwest.

The group's Green Genius and Modus Energy International will implement a project for the creation of a cluster of solar power plants with a capacity of 35 MW, the company has said in a press release.

KYIV, Aug 14 - The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in April-June 2018 was 3.6% compared to the same period in 2017, while the growth rate in the first quarter was lower, namely 3.1%, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine said on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 15 - The devaluation of the Turkish national currency will not influence the cost of tours in the current season as contracts between Ukrainian tour operators and Turkish hoteliers are formed in U.S. dollars and euros, experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine believe.

KYIV, Aug 15 - The devaluation of the Turkish lira in the near future will not lead to sharp price fluctuations in export and import transactions between Ukraine and Turkey, but there are fears of a decrease in the revenues of Ukrainian exporters that supply goods to the Turkish market, the Ukrsadprom association has reported.

KYIV, Aug 15 - Gazprom of Russia in the first half of 2018 supplied 1.534 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas to the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions that are not controlled by Ukraine, which is 10.4% more than in the first half of 2017 (1.389 bcm) and 25.3% more than in the first half of 2016, according to the Russian company.

KYIV, Aug 14 - Ukrainian airlines saw a 40% rise in passenger transportation in January-June year-over-year, to 4.565 million people. Cargo and mail transportation fell by 9%, to 35,500 tons.

KYIV, Aug 14 - The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in April-June 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 was 2.4% compared to 2.5% in the first quarter of 2017, the State Statistics Service has said.

KYIV, Aug 15 - Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) are engaged in the investigation of more than one hundred criminal cases of corruption at state enterprises.

KYIV, Aug 15 - Exports of grain by Nibulon agricultural company in the 2016/2017 marketing year amounted to 4.65 million tons, on par with the previous season.

KYIV, Aug 15 - UDP Group plans to build power plants on renewable sources with a capacity of up to 300 MW in the next five years, UTP Renewables Managing Partner Serhiy Yevtushenko has said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.