KYIV, Aug 23 – The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) intends to issue Breach of Contract for Capital Markets political risk insurance for the $250 million loan raised by state nuclear power generating company Energoatom via Central Storage Safety Project Trust (Delaware) to develop and build the central spent nuclear fuel storage facility.

KYIV, Aug 23 - Electricity generation in Ukraine increased by 1.9% year-on-year in January-July 2017, to 90.07 billion kWh, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 23 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has lifted restrictions on the issuance of cash in foreign currency and banking metals from current and deposit accounts through cash desks and ATMs, the NBU reported on the website.

KYIV, Aug 23 – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a self-sustaining U.S. government agency, will issue a loan for $10 million to Agroprosperis Bank and guarantees for a $7.8 million loan to PJSC Bank Vostok, according to the OPIC website.

KYIV, Aug 28 - The total amount of funds that have already been allocated for carrying out road works in Ukraine in 2017 exceeded UAH 20 billion, while the length of repaired roads exceeds 750 kilometers, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has said.

KYIV, Aug 28 - Ukraine has increased gas inventories in underground storage 80% or 6.47 billion cubic meters (bcm) since the end of the heating season, according to operational data from Ukrtransgaz.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Azovobschemash (Mariupol, Donetsk region), the flagship company of the leader of Ukrainian heavy engineering Azovmash Group, will ship 3,000 wagons to Iran, the Ukrainian Embassy in Iran reported.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The United States District Court for the Central District of California suspended a decision made by the court in 2015 to collect outlays of Boeing Corporation from Ukrainian and Russian founders of the Sea Launch international consortium.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The National Bank of Ukraine has revised some rules for the currency market, permitting foreign debt to be used as capital for Ukrainian companies and easing the purchase of foreign currency to pay for medical treatment of individuals abroad.

KHARKIV, Aug. 26 – Some 9 million more households could receive subsidies in the new heating season, Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva said.

"Now we anticipate up to 9 million more out of 15 million existing households due to the rise of tariffs," Reva said at a briefing.