KYIV, Aug 26 – The median cost of renting housing in Kyiv decreased in July to $5 per square meter, which is 5.7% lower than in June 2022, according to a study by the portal Address.ua.

KYIV, Aug 27 – Capital investment in Ukraine in January-June 2019 grew by 12.3%, while in the first quarter of 2019 – by 17.8%, the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 27 – Non-performing loans (NPL) at state banks, negative scenario of the PrivatBank developments, the financial state of the Deposit Guarantee Fund and halt in cooperation with International Monetary Fund (IMF) remain the system risks for financial stability.

KYIV, Aug 28 – DTEK Skhidenergo LLC on August 25 switched its Luhanska thermal power plant to just one electrical power unit operation to reduce volumes of natural gas consumption, DTEK press service reported.

KYIV, Aug 28 – The parliamentary committee on finance, taxation and customs policy will submit to the Verkhovna Rada a "split" bill among measures regulating the finance sector for consideration in the second reading, candidate for heading the committee Danylo Hetmantsev said.

KYIV, Aug 27 - There are both economic and strategic components in the issue of concern for the Nord Stream 2 project, while Ukraine needs to seek alternative natural gas resources, Assistant to the U.S. President for National Security Affairs John Bolton has stated.

KYIV, Aug 23 - Exports of Ukrainian agrarian products to European countries in January-June dropped to $2.6 billion from $2.774 billion in the same period in 2017, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food for European integration Olha Trofimtseva said.

KYIV, Aug 26 - Ukraine in January-July 2018 increased electricity exports by 3.1% compared to the same period in 2017, to 3.626 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reported.

KYIV, Aug 26 - KTD Group, which produces household appliances in Ukraine under the trademarks Saturn, ST and Laretti, intends by the end of this year to launch production of refrigerators with the plan to bring it to the capacity of about 300,000 units.

KYIV, Aug 26 - The government has revised the medium-term strategy of public debt management by setting more ambitious goals to reduce direct state debt in relation to GDP, in particular, to 60% of GDP by the end of the current year, instead of the previously planned 62% of GDP.