KYIV, June 11 - The Ukrainian beer market in 2018 will show positive dynamics, AB InBev Efes President Dmytro Shpakov said.

"We expect that the market in 2018 will not only stabilize, but will show positive dynamics, given that in 2018 excise tax was not raised," he told Interfax-Ukraine during Corona Save Trukhaniv Island, the environmental campaign to clean up the Trukhaniv Island.

KYIV, June 11 - Ukraine after the completion of the heating season, Ukraine has increased its natural gas reserves in the underground gas storage facilities (USG) by 2.59 billion cubic meters (bcm), according to data from PJSC Ukrtransgaz.

KYIV, une 11 – Industrial prices in Ukraine in May 2018 increased by 0.8% after a zero growth in April, 0.3% in March, 1.2% in February and 4.4% in January, the State Statistics Service said.

KYIV, June 11 - Zaporizhstal, one of the largest taxpayers in Ukraine and Zaporizhia region, is investing in improving working conditions for workers, in particular in 2018 it will invest UAH 4 million in the installation of modern climate systems in industrial and accommodation facilities.

KYIV, June 12 – Ukraine’s power production by all the power plants of state-owned enterprise Energoatom in January-May 2018 decreased by 14% (5.441 billion kWh) compared to the same period in 2017, to 33.538 billion kWh.

KYIV, June 12 – Acting Head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) Vitaliy Trubarov signed orders on the privatization of 22 large facilities.

"There is no way back. The fund signed 22 orders for the privatization of large facilities. This is the first large list of enterprises for sale for the last ten years," he said on Facebook.

KIEV, June 11 – The slow and gradual restoration of the Ukrainian economy will start in 2015-2016, with rises of 2.5% and 4%, respectively, the World Bank predicted in a forecast published in the Global Economic Prospects report on Wednesday.

KIEV, June 11 - Volia-cable LLC (Kiev) has decided to stop providing services in Crimea effective July 1, the operator told Interfax-Ukraine.

"From July 1, 2014, Volia-Cable will stop providing services on the territory of Crimea. As a company that always acts in line with law we cannot work in a state of legal vacuum, in the conditions when there is no possibility of observing Ukrainian laws," the company said.

KIEV, June 12 – Ukraine is considering making modern high-precision “non-nuclear“ deterrence weapons for its army, a high-ranking source in the defense and industrial complex told Interfax-Ukraine.

"The issue of creating the Sapsan new multi-purpose missile system remains open today," the source said.

KIEV, June 12 – The acceleration of inflation in April and May to a record indicator for these months is cause for concern, and the government and the National Bank of Ukraine should focus their efforts on retaining price stability as a guarantee of future economic growth, said Valeriy Lytvytsky advisor to the NBU governor.