KIEV, July 12 – Capitalization of listing companies of the Ukrainian stock market as of June 30 reached UAH 26.35 billion, 94.7% down from June 2015, the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market of Ukraine has reported on its website.

KIEV, July 13 – The proposal to identify persons to be in charge of swift de-mining and restoration of the Mykytivka-Mayorsk railway was made at the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group's economic subgroup in Minsk, Darka Olifer, the press secretary of former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma representing Kiev in the group, has said.

KIEV, July 14 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has proposed starting January 1, 2017 to exempt from imports duty and value added tax (VAT) for energy saving equipment and materials that are not made in Ukraine imported to the country for own needs is annulled via amending the Tax and Customs Codes.

KIEV, July 13 - The monetary base in Ukraine grew by 0.2% in June, to UAH 330.4 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

Monetary stock in May shrank to UAH 974.5 billion, or by 1.1%.

Since early 2015, the monetary base fell by 0.8% and stock grew by 1.9%, the regulator said.

KIEV, July 12 – The minimum oil deposits of the Pivdenno-Runovschynske field discovered by Naftogaz Ukrayiny in Poltava region are estimated at 12.8 million tons, the state-owned company reported.

KIEV, July 12 - Ukraine plans to dramatically improve its energy security after signing a production sharing agreement with an ExxonMobil-led consortium over development of a major offshore natural gas deposit in the Black Sea, the energy and coal industry ministry said Friday.

YALTA, July 11 – Yalta is on its way to becoming the cleanest city in the country, Mayor Serhiy Ilash told journalists.

KIEV, July 11 - Roshen Confectionery Corporation, one of the largest manufacturers of confectionery in Ukraine, has said that Russia's Federal Service for Health and Consumer Rights (Rospotrebnadzor) has no official claims to the quality of its confectionery products that are supplied to the Russian market.

KIEV, July 11 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a 2013 financial plan for EnergoAtom, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Thursday.

KIEV, July 12 – The Infrastructure Ministry under an initiative of Ukrzaliznytsia has decided to increase the price of third- and second-class train tickets in Ukraine by 10% in July and by another 10% in October, which will allow receiving UAH 270 million in 2013 and will partially reduce the unprofitability of passenger transportation and send some funds to the overhaul of wagons.