KYIV, Oct 11 – State nuclear power generator Energoatom plans to sign a loan agreement with Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) that will provide $250 million for construction of the centralized spent nuclear fuel storage facility at the end of November 2017, Energoatom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky has said.

KYIV, Oct 11 – Raiffeisen Bank Aval and Gals Agro agri-business have signed a EUR 10 million loan agreement under a renewable energy financing program.

KYIV, Oct 12 – A deputy defense minister and director of the department of state procurement and supplies of material resources at the Defense Ministry, who were detained on October 11, have been notified of the suspicion in embezzling over UAH 149 million in state funds during the purchase of fuel for the ministry, the press service of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has reported.

KYIV, Oct 12 – Auchan Retail Ukraine, part of France's Auchan Group managing the Auchan hypermarket chain in Ukraine, has sold a 20% stake in the Furshet supermarket chain in Ukraine to VI2-Partners Investment Company.

KYIV, Oct 12 – Kernel, a large agriculture holding in Ukraine, seeks to invest $130 million in construction of an oilseed crushing plant in Khmelnytsky region.

KIEV, Oct. 12 - As the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation) has not explained the reasons for restricting Ukrainian airlines' flights in Russian airspace starting October 25, the Ukrainian State Aviation Service has decided to fully terminate commercial air services between Ukraine and Russia starting from this date, the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry reported on Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 13 – The National Bank of Ukraine is mulling the possibility of reducing the limit for mandatory sale of currency income among the top-priority steps to lift currency restrictions, National Bank of Ukraine Deputy Governor Oleh Churiy has said.

KIEV, Oct. 10 – The Ukrainian government has recommended that Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Ukrtransgaz to urgently take measures to bring the contract relations on natural gas transit via the territory of Ukraine in line with the temporary procedure for the formation of tariffs approved by cabinet resolution No. 510 of September 3.

KIEV, Oct. 13 – The Cabinet of Ministers is ready to consider Russia's gas compromise proposals, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Volodymyr Hroisman said.

KIEV, Oct. 13 – The monetary base in Ukraine in September rose by 2.9% (since the start of the year by 14.4%), to UAH 351.4 billion, money supply decreased by 2.2% (from the beginning of the year it increased by 9.1%), to UAH 991.9 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.