KYIV, Dec 13 – The introduction by the European Union of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) may lead to an annual reduction in revenues of Ukrainian companies to EUR 396 million annually during 2026-2030, and Ukraine's GDP will decrease by 0.08% annually, according to a study by Kyiv School of Economics (KSE).

KYIV, Dec 13 – Some 47.8% of Ukrainians would like to leave for permanent or temporary work in Germany, if they had the opportunity, according to the results of a study conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation jointly with Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, on request the Institute for Central European Strategy within the framework of the special project Re: Open Zakarpattia.

KYIV, Dec 11 – The Ministry of Finance, in the process of additional placement of eurobonds maturing in 2033, increased its volume from the initial $500 million to $600 million and, due to three times more demand, was able to reduce the rate from the initial 6.4% to 6.2%, a source in banking circles told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 11 – Alfa Bank expects real GDP rise by 4.8% in Ukraine in 2021 after its projected decline by 4.6% over 2020 and acceleration of average annual inflation to 7.3% in 2021, which will almost triple the expected average annual inflation rate in 2020 (2.7%).

KYIV, Dec 14 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors on Saturday night decided to provide Ukraine with a $300 million loan for the Second Additional Financing for COVID-19 Response under the Social Safety Nets Modernization Project.

KYIV, Dec 14 – Ukraine has agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 64% in 2030 vs. the benchmark 1990 level to fight climate change along with other European nations, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Saturday.

KYIV, Dec 12 – BSH Household Appliances LLC, the official distributor of Bosch, Siemens and Gaggenau household appliances in Ukraine, expects that the Ukrainian household appliances market (major and small domestic appliances, MDA, SDA) would grow by 10-15% in 2019, BSH Household Appliances Director General Serhiy Maksymov said.

KYIV, Dec 12 - DTEK has signed an agreement with the Danish manufacturer of wind turbines Vestas for building Orlivka wind power station in the Zaporizhia region.

KYIV, Dec 12 - The National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services (NCER) has approved the increase in the weighted average tariff of Ukrenergo for electricity transmission in 2019 by 19.3%, to 5.93 kopecks per kWh (excluding VAT).

KYIV, Dec 12 - The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a draft agreement on the European Union's providing technical assistance to Ukraine in the amount EUR 54 million to finance the EE4U-II energy efficiency support program, and also approved draft agreements on two other programs.