KYIV, Aug 11 – A concept for reforming the country's coal industry until 2020 approved by the government envisages the creation of state-owned enterprise National Coal Company, which will receive 33 state-owned coalmines, Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion said at a first meeting of the interagency working group for settling crisis in coal industry.

KYIV, Aug 11 - Hungarian company First EU Center of Nuclear Fuel is seeking to buy the Ukrainian state's stake in Joint Ukrainian-Kazakh-Russian Enterprise for Nuclear Fuel Production.

KYIV, Aug 11 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said that the so-called cryptocurrency Bitcoin does not have the concrete legal status in Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 14 - Education and Science Minister Liliia Hrynevych has called on Ukraine's government to include UAH 1.848 billion in the state budget 2018 for reforms.

KYIV, Aug 14 – The banking system of Ukraine in January-June 2017 saw UAH 1.85 billion of net loss, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported on its website.

The NBU also recalled that in Q1 2017, profit of the banking system was UAH 4.1 billion (taking into account adjusting entries as of May 15, 2017).

KYIV, Aug 14 – The German Society for Investment and Development will contribute $10 million to the investment fund for small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine, the German Embassy in Ukraine reported.

KYIV, Aug 14 – A third vessel with 75,000 tons of anthracite from South Africa for Prydniprovska and Kryvy Rih thermal power plants (TPPs) of DTEK Energo has arrived to the Yuzhny port, the press service of DTEK has reported.

KYIV, Aug 14 – Antonov, a state-owned aircraft manufacturer, has set a goal of passing the certification at the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA) by late 2020 and ensuring the switch of production facilities to NATO standards, the company reported.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – The Ukrainian Agrarian Council has urged the Ukrainian government and Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee to interfere in the situation on the nitrogen fertilizers market and take measures to cut their prices, liquidating the monopoly collusion on the market.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – Yuzhny and Illichivsk seaports as 'the sea gates' of the so-called New Silk Road are ready for cooperation with Chinese business, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said at a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Du Wei.