KYIV, Oct 13 - Ukrainian banks in July-September closed 251 structural divisions, as of October 1 their regional network consisted of 7,329 branches.

According to data posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), in the third quarter, Oschadbank ceased the operation of 166 branches (reducing their number to 1,931), PrivatBank some 83 (to 1,750), TAScombank 11 (to 87), Kredobank five (to 83).

KYIV, Oct 12 - The contraction of the Ukrainian economy in January-August will amount to 5.8%, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine expects in the review of economic activity in August.

KYIV, Oct 11 – Tedis Ukraine cigarette distribution company and tobacco manufacturers will challenge the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine about the fine of UAH 6.5 billion for anticompetitive actions.

KYIV, Oct 9 – Wealthy businessman and former lawmaker Kostiantyn Zhevaho, who is suspected of embezzling funds of bank Finance and Credit, has been declared wanted in Ukraine, and placing him on the international wanted list is being prepared, Director of the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) Roman Truba said.

CHICAGO, Oct. 13 – Steel use in Ukraine in 2015 will fall by 27% in 2015, to 3.1 million tons, Worldsteel Economics Committee Chairman Hans Jurgen Kerkhoff said at the 49th annual conference of the committee, held in Chicago on October 11 through October 13.

KIEV, Oct. 13 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny Chairman Andriy Kobolev expects that the conflict with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development over the plan to reform the corporate management of the company will be settled by the end of this week.

KIEV, Oct. 12 – European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim signed an agreement in Lima (Peru) under an EU guarantee that aims to facilitate the purchase of gas by Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz.

MOSCOW, Oct 13 – The Eurasian Economic Commission has extended antidumping duties on steel pipe from Ukraine through July 5, 2016.

As reported, in July a repeated antidumping investigation into imports of some types of steel pipes from Ukraine was launched.

KIEV, Oct. 13 - The number Ukrainian bank branches 2015 decreased by 122, or 1%, in July-September, to 12,600, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 13 – Artyomsol state enterprise is holding talks with Ukrainian Danube Navigation (Izmail, Odessa region) on the provision of services to ship salt to the Danube countries.