KYIV, Sept 12 - The cost of the Ukrainian agroholding Mriya, to be purchased by The Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC), is in the range of $175-300 million, according to investment experts interviewed by Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 13 – Sweden's IKEA, the largest furniture and household goods retailer in the world, plans to expand its network in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine after testing the first store in Kyiv-based Ocean Mall, which will be opened in summer 2019.

KYIV, Sept 13 - The Public Investment Fund (PIF), a sovereign wealth fund owned by Saudi Arabia and a global leader in the volume of investment in agriculture, with the acquisition of the Mriya farming company has made the largest investment in the Ukrainian agricultural sector over the entire period of Ukraine's independence and plans to additionally invest large funds in the company, Head of Office of the National Investment Council of Ukraine Yulia Kovaliv said.

KYIV, Sept 13 – Supervisory boards of Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Trunk Gas Pipelines of Ukraine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the unbundling of Ukraine's gas transmission system operator (TSO), the press service of Naftogaz told Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

KYIV, Sept 13 - The volume of hryvnia deposits in the banking system of Ukraine in August decreased by 4.1%, to UAH 494.49 billion, including deposits of the population - by 1.3%, to UAH 251.74 billion, business - by 6.8%, to UAH 242.75 billion, according to the website of the NBU.

KYIV, Sept 13 – Mriya farming company, which is pebing purchased by Saudi sovereign fund, in 2018/19 fiscal year expects that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) will be $15 million, which is $9 million less than the preliminary estimate made in February 2018.

KYIV, Sept. 13 - Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, who oversaw the entry of Ryanair into the country this year, is under investigation on suspicion of illegal enrichment, anti-graft officials said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – A second batch of 62 Ukrainian BTR-4 armored personnel carriers assembled in Kharkiv under a big Ukrainian-Iraqi contract for military hardware, which was accepted by the customer in June, is being prepared for delivery to Iraq.

DNIPROPETROVSK, Sept. 11 – Dnipropetrovsk’s International Scientific and Industrial Corporation Westa, a major producer of accumulator batteries, has put into operation a $97 million plant for the emissions-free processing of used batteries LLC Lead Recuperation, or RekS.

MIAMI, Sept. 12 – Ukraine is planning to buy flight simulators from the Boeing Company soon to train pilots at its higher education establishments, Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov said.