KIEV, April 12 – The total assets of credit unions in Ukraine as of December 31, 2015 decreased by 11.7% compared to the same date in 2014, to UAH 2.064 billion, according to the website of the National Commission for the Regulation of Financial Services Markets.

KIEV, April 12 - PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia in January-March 2016 increased production of natural gas by 0.7%, compared to the same three-month period in 2015, to 3.687 billion cubic meters, an official at the state-owned company reported.

KIEV, April 12 - Bank Khreschatyk (Kiev), in which temporary administration was introduced on April 5, needed to radically change its business model, the deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Yekateryna Rozhkova, said.

KIEV, April 12 - Consumer inflation in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2016, standing at 1.6%, was 2.4 percentage points lower than the forecast made by the National Bank of Ukraine, which was estimated at 4%, according to the central bank's website.

KIEV, April 12 - The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth in 2016 to 1.5% from 2% projected in October 2015.

KIEV, April 13 - German company Leoni AG, which has a plant for production of car cables in Stry (Lviv region), has decided to build another plant in Prykarpattia.

According to a report on the website of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, this was discussed during a meeting of Chairman of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration Oleh Honcharuk with Leoni AG CEO Stefan Schmid.

KIEV, April 13 - The debt of the Ukrainian public for housing and utilities services in February 2016 fell by 31.6%, compared to January 2016, and amounted to UAH 7.374 billion, while the rise in January 2016 from December 2015 came to 22%, the State Statistics Service said.

KIEV, April 10 – The level of payments by households for heating supplied by PJSC Kyivenergo in the current heating season fell to 65%, Kyivenergo's CFO Tetiana Hriaznova said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.

SIMFEROPOL, April 10 - Chernomorneftegaz plans to buy the chain of filling stations of Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky that the Crimean authorities nationalized and put under the management of the Crimean state oil and gas company, Chernomorneftegaz CEO Sergei Beim said.

KIEV, April 10 – Ukraine hopes the price of imported gas will continue to fall, which will boost the competitiveness of domestic industry and ensure a balanced gas price for households, according to Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn.