KYIV, Aug 15 – Antonov, the state aircraft manufacturer, plans to supply 70 transport and regional passenger planes to the market in the next five years, the state arms exporter Ukroboronprom reported.

KYIV, Aug 15 - The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has stated improvement of business expectations and a higher consumer activity contributed to a 2.4% economic growth in the second quarter of 2017, according to the ministry's website.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – The growth of volatility in the hryvnia exchange rate over the past days is situational in nature and caused by the foreign policy situation, the National Bank of Ukraine stated.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – Ukrzaliznytsia seeks to restructure UAH 5 billion of credit debt by September, a member of the Board Oleksandr Buzhor said at a roundtable in the American Chamber of Commerce.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – Illichivsk maritime merchandise port will accept 15 Ukrainian and Bulgarian ferries to transport wagons by the end of August, according to port director Serhiy Kryzhanovsky.

KIEV, Aug. 15 – Ukraine's real gross domestic product in the second quarter of 2016 increased by 1.3% compared to the second quarter of 2015, up from Q1 2016's 0.1%, the State Statistics Service said.

KIEV, Aug. 14 – The top managers of Zaporizhstal steel mill, part of Metinvest Group, and Siemens Ukraine have discussed prospects for cooperation as a part of a fundamental reconstruction of the enterprise, the mill reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 14 – The Express newspaper, which proclaims itself the biggest newspaper in the country in Ukrainian in terms of its circulation, has accused the tax services of again blocking the printing of an issue, for the second time since May.

KIEV, Aug. 14 - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ukraine in the form of equity capital in Q2 dropped for the first time since the first quarter of 2010 – by $390 million, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Aug. 15 – Experts in their August consensus forecast have worsened their forecast for Ukraine's real GDP growth in 2013 by 1.1 percentage points compared to the April's assessments, to 0.1%, reports the Economic Development and Trade Ministry, under the aegis of which the consensus forecast was drawn up.