KYIV, Dec 11 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia (UGV) has completed the first round of a tender for signing an agreement under the production enhancement contract in the western region of the country, the company's said.

KYIV, Dec 11 – The German pharmaceutical company STADA, after the acquisition of the pharmaceutical business for prescription and over-the-counter products of Biopharma, the manufacturer of blood-derived products, plans to focus on expanding its product line, STADA CEO Peter Goldschmidt said.

KYIV, Dec 11 – Ukrainian space companies earned UAH 370 million in net profits on sales of UAH 3.046 billion in January through September, the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) reported Thursday.

KYIV, Dec 12 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide Moldova with $50 million to finance alternative purchase of natural gas from Naftogaz Ukrainy during a month if transit of Russian gas through Ukraine is stopped.

KYIV, Dec 12 – The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously adopted a bipartisan resolution that opposes completion of the construction of the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

KYIV, Dec 11 - Industrial prices in Ukraine in November 2018 increased by 1.7% after a 0.3% growth in October, 1.2% in September, and 1.3% in August, the State Statistics Service has said.

KYIV, Dec 11 – The European Commission has disbursed a first tranche of the fourth macrofinancial assistance of the EU to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 500 million, the Finance Ministry of Ukraine reported on its website on Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec 11 – Ukraine's GDP growth in 2019 will slow to 2.9% from 3.1% this year with the decline in inflation (December on December) from 10.1% to 8%, according to a renewed consensus forecast published by the Economic Development and Trade Ministry on Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec 12 – Several banks have submitted their bids to the Individuals' Deposit Guarantee Fund to participate in a tender to remove insolvent VTB Bank (Kyiv) from the market, Deputy Head of the insolvent banks' settlement plan introduction department of the Deposit Guarantee Fund Hryhoriy Lurie said.

KYIV, Dec 12 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) may for six months extend the requirement for mandatory sale of half of hard currency earnings at a meeting in December, according to polled banking industry experts.