KYIV, Feb 11 – The annual inflation rate in January 2019 came close to the projected trajectory, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Feb 12 – President Petro Poroshenko said the Pension Fund received UAH 5 billion in pursuance to the law on customs clearance of cars with European number plates. He ordered the prime minister and the head of the Pension Fund to shape proposals on indexation of pensions thanks to these revenues.

KYIV, Feb 12 - Processing in the agricultural sector, IT, logistics, engineering and tourism are priority areas for investment and government support in the medium term, said President Petro Poroshenko.

KYIV, Feb 12 – DTEK as part of the electricity market reform has completed the division of functions to supply and distribute electricity, the company's press service has reported.

KYIV, Feb 12 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry plans soon to borrow funds with the help of unused part of the guarantee of the World Bank, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said.

KYIV, Feb 12 – With a delay in the signing of a new contract on gas transit via the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) after 2019, Russia could again repeat crisis with deliveries of gas to European consumers, Naftogaz Ukrayiny chief Andriy Kobolev said.

KIEV, Feb. 10 – The Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund expects that state-run Oschadbank (Kiev) would become participant of the fund in the middle of 2018, Managing Director of the fund Kostiantyn Vorushylin said.

KIEV, Feb. 10 – The forest record keeping project in Ukraine drawn up by the State Forest Agency could be supported by the World Bank.

"We have arranged that experts of the World Bank would consider our technical specifications for the fully functional forest record keeping in Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 10 – The share of Ukrainian banks with capital of Russian state-run bank groups of total assets of all solvent banks in Ukraine fell to 8.77% in 2016 from 10.33%, according to statistics published by the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 12 – A credit agreement between the Ukrainian and Japanese governments, as a part of the reconstruction of the Bortnychi aeration station in Kiev, could be signed in the beginning of this summer, representatives of Kyivvodokanal and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said during a meeting at the Bortnychi aeration station in Kiev on Wednesday.