KIEV, April 12 – The 4G (LTE) communications network could appear in Kiev in six months after holding the tenders to receive the licenses, which are scheduled by the National Commission for Communications and Informatization Regulation (NCCR) for this autumn, CEO of Ericsson Ukraine Andrew Shomakhiya said.

KIEV, April 12 – The first Ukrainian telecommunications satellite Lybid, built in international cooperation with participation of Canada and Russia, could be placed into orbit in the fourth quarter of 2017, acting head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) Yuriy Radchenko said.

KIEV, April 12 – The Metinvest mining and metal group has warned individuals and legal entities that are both residents and nonresidents of Ukraine against the illegal use of its property remaining at the enterprises in the non-controlled territory (NCT) that were taken over by representatives of so-called 'Donetsk People’s Republic' (DPR) and 'Luhansk People’s Republic' (LPR).

KIEV, April 11 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has denied reports that the supervisory board of Naftogaz Ukrayiny is under threat of losing its independence.

KIEV, April 11 - Ukraine and China have approved a long-term program of cooperation in the space sector for the period of 2016-2020.

According to the State Space Agency of Ukraine, the document was approved at a meeting of the subcommittee on cooperation in the space sector of the Ukrainian-Chinese intergovernmental commission in Kiev on April 7-8.

KIEV, April 11 – Industrial prices in Ukraine, following a 1.1% decrease in January and a February increase of 1.5%, jumped 4% in March (the highest rise since April 2015), due to the rise in prices for oil and petroleum products, as well as metal ore and electricity.

KIEV, April 11 – The volume of individual bank deposits in the national currency grew by 1.5% in March, to UAH 182.828 billion, while deposits in foreign currency expanded by 0.1%, to $8.652 billion (in the dollar equivalent), the National Bank of Ukraine said.

KIEV, April 11 – The Groclin manufacturer of automobile seat covers and upholstery for car seats to reduce costs intends to focus on production at its two plants in Ukraine (Zakarpattia and Ivano-Frankivsk regions), taking into account a cheaper labor force, according to Polskie Radio (Polish Radio).

KIEV, April 12 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry has received a EUR 400 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to supply loans to the real-economy sector as well as to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine.

KIEV, April 11 – Talks with Russia's Bank VTB on prolonging a $2 billion loan are at the final stage, Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko said.

"The talks [with VTB] are at the final stage. We either have to to repay [the loan], take a new one, or revise [the loan agreement]," he told reporters on Wednesday.