KIEV, July 14 ??“ The government is initiating a special regime of taxation to encourage the import of hi-tech equipment and technologies, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said after a government meeting on investment policy.

KYIV, June 13 – Kernel, one of the largest agro-industrial groups in Ukraine, is completing the construction of the Starokonstiantynivsky oil extraction plant in Khmelnytsky region, in which it has already invested more than $200 million, the press service of the holding has reported.

KYIV, June 14 – The Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) has asked the government to organize a grain corridor for transporting grain to the Danube river ports through the border crossing near the village of Palanca (Moldova), the road to which was not previously used for agricultural exports.

KYIV, June 14 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend up to EUR 300 million to Naftogaz Ukrayiny, of which EUR 50 million is immediately available for emergency gas imports.

KYIV, June 14 – Demand for business-class housing in Kyiv declined in May, while the main interest of buyers focused on housing in the middle segment, Director of City Development Solutions Roman Herasymchuk said.

KYIV, June 11 – Non-food retailers operating as part of shopping and entertainment centers in the first two weeks after quarantine show a significant drop in traffic and turnover, while some stores in street retail show an increase in the figures.

KYIV, June 11 – The international reserves of Ukraine by the end of 2020 may exceed the level of $27.2 billion in the April forecast of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the press service of the regulator has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, June 12 – The initiatives of Ukrainian oil refineries to introduce an 8.5% duty on Russian supplies of diesel fuel and liquefied natural gas (LPG) will increase procurement prices, destroy a stable petroleum supply system, and also lead to the appearance of new mega-suppliers with an increased market share, the Ukrainian Oil and Gas Association said.

KYIV, June 12 – The companies in the renewable energy industry that did not agree or will not agree to sign a memorandum with the government on the terms of further support for renewable energy sources (RES) have the right to defend their interests in Ukrainian and international arbitrations, Managing Partner of IMEPOWER Yuriy Kubrushko, who participated in the negotiations with the Cabinet of Ministers, said.

ASTANA, June 12 – Construction of the first stage of solar power plants in the exclusion zone of Chernobyl nuclear power plant could start soon, Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister for European Integration Natalia Boiko has said.