KYIV, July 15 – Ukraine’s expected economic expansion of 3% will accelerate and its economy is expected to grow 5-7%, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

KYIV, July 15 – Ukraine increased exports of grain by 26.3% on the year to 50.4 million metric tons in 2018/2019 marketing year, up from 39. 9 million mt in 2017/2018, the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reported Monday.

KYIV, July 15 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has criticized the Mining and Metallurgical Combine ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih for failing to fulfill its commitments to improve the environmental situation in the region and urged to provide targeted financial support to people affected by harmful emissions into the atmosphere.

KYIV, July 12 – Average price of power for industrial consumers in the conditions of the new wholesale market (in all its segments) in the first ten days of its operation grew by 30% compared with the wholesale market price in June, Head of national energy company Ukrenergo Vsevolod Kovalchuk has said.

KYIV, July 12 – Ukraine's Kozak-2M1 armored multipurpose wheeled combat vehicle has successfully completed state tests, the Ukrainian League of Defense Companies said in a statement on its website.

KYIV, July 12 – The Economist has published updated data on the rating of world currencies, the so-called Big Mac Index, according to which the cost of the hryvnia is undervalued by 61.3%, and the real rate according to purchasing power parity should be UAH 9.93 per U.S. dollar, the Ukrainian Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly) ezine said.

KYIV, July 12 – The level of shadow economy in Ukraine in 2018 decreased by 2 percentage points (p.p.) compared to 2017, to 30% of GDP, which is the lowest indicator since 2009, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported.

KYIV, July 12 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Friday placed two tranches of loan participation notes denominated in euros and U.S. dollars: EUR 600 million at 7.125% per annum for five years and $335 million at 7.375% per annum for three years, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev has said.

KYIV, July 12 - The Investment Attractiveness Index of Ukraine in the first half of 2018 was 3.1 points out of the 5 possible (where the value of 3 is neutral, and the indicators above three mean positive progress).

KYIV, July 12 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to raise the refinancing rate by 0.5 percentage points (p.p.), to 17.5% from July 13, 2018, to bring inflation to the target range in 2019.