KYIV, Aug 12 - Ukrainian privately-owned conglomerate DCH said Wednesday it had signed an agreement to buy a 25% stake in national aircraft engine maker Motor Sich from Chinese investors, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Aug 12 – The State Fiscal Service has reported that the authority made 14 decisions permitted paying VAT in installments for imports of equipment worth EUR 700,000 in July 2019, the authority reported on Facebook.

KYIV, Aug 9 – A team of scientists from the U.K. and Ukraine has made experimental clean alcohol from water and grain taken from the Chornobyl zone, using the homemade method. The vodka has been given the brand name Atomik, according to the State Agency of Ukraine for Managing the Exclusion Zone.

KYIV, Aug 9 – The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on Thursday served notices of suspicion to employee of DTEK company, the press service of the energy holding has said.

KYIV, Aug 9 – The draft law on tax amnesty, which is under discussion now, envisages 9% of a reference rate and 5% of a preferential rate if the taxpayer voluntary discloses information, Head of Tax Service of Ukraine Serhiy Verlanov said.

KYIV, Aug 9 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has introduced a new tool for the rapid assessment and tracking of economic development trends – the monthly business environment outlook index, the NBU reported.

KYIV, Aug 12 – Ukrspecexport, part of defense group Ukroboronprom, and the Turkish company Baykar Defense, which is one of the leading manufacturers of drones, have created a joint venture in the field of precision weapons and aerospace technologies, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) reported.

KYIV, Aug 12 – The State Agency of Ukraine on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving has signed supplement agreements on cooperation with PrivatBank and Ukrgasbank under the program of "warm credits" issued to individuals for energy-efficient modernization.

KYIV, Aug 12 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will publish the integrated results of stress testing of 29 banks in the end of September, according to a survey of the banking sector posted on the website of the NBU.

KYIV, Aug 12 – Ukraine may soon be able to approve legislation allowing a group of European energy companies manage the country’s natural gas transportation system, Naftogaz Ukrayiny chief Andriy Kobolev said Monday.