KYIV, Aug 13 – Russia's Gazprom will be forced to sign an agreement with Naftogaz Ukrayiny after December 31, 2019, since it will have to pump 50-65 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas through the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) per year in the next 1.5-2 years, Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Bohdan Danylyshyn has said.

KYIV, Aug 14 – DTEK Energy enterprises for last two years installed 3,000 LED lamps that helped to save from 60% to 90% of electricity, increase industrial safety and to reduce emissions into atmosphere, a company's press service reported.

KYIV, Aug 14 – The actual inflation rate in July exceeded the forecast published in the July 2019 Inflation Report, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 13 - The government committee on the fuel and energy complex has approved the transfer of 90% of Nadra Yuzivska's rights and obligations in the production sharing agreement (PSA) on Yuzivska deposit (Kharkiv and Donetsk regions) to Yuzgaz B.V. (the Netherlands), Verkhovna Rada deputy Viktoria Voitsytska said.

KYIV, Aug 10 - General Electric experts will recommend the management of Ukrzaliznytsia Melitopol locomotive depot of the regional branch Prydniprovska Railways as the main base for servicing GE locomotives.

KYIV, Aug 10 - Nibulon LLC (Mykolaiv), one of the largest grain traders in Ukraine, intends to increase the storage capacity for agricultural products at five reloading terminals in Mykolaiv, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions by the beginning of the next marketing year.

KYIV, Aug 10 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) considers the current monetary conditions to be sufficiently stringent to maintain the dynamics of consumer inflation in accordance with the forecast of the central bank at 8.9% by the end of 2018 and its return to the target range in the fourth quarter of 2019.

KYIV, Aug 14 - The indicator of economic sentiment in Ukraine, calculated by the State Statistics Service, in the third quarter of 2018 was 109.6% compared with 104% and 108.8% respectively in the second and first quarters of this year.

KYIV, Aug 13 - The Epicenter K group of companies (Kyiv) plans to expand its chain to 53 shopping centers by the end of 2018 by opening five new outlets in Khmelnytsky, Lviv, Zakarpattia, and Donetsk regions.

KYIV, Aug 13 - Donetskstal Group's Fintest Trading Co Limited (Cyprus), which owned 40.8% in Pokrovske Mine Directorate in Donetsk region, the largest coking coal producer in Ukraine, has sold its stake for UAH 7.89 billion, or $300 million.