KYIV, Aug 10 – The state-controlled PrivatBank topped the list of banks actively lending low-interest subsidized loans to consumers this year, according to data released by the Entrepreneurship Development Fund.

KYIV, Aug 9 – The growth in demand for honey in the external and internal markets, caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may create a situation when beekeepers will run out of these products by the end of 2021, and in warehouses by the end of winter 2022, founder of the Znatny Med brand Valeriy Kureiko said Monday.

KYIV, Aug 11 – Ukraine’s state oil shipping company UkrTransNafta will use its idle oil pipeline and oil handling infrastructure as storage for crude if COVID-19 resurgence reduces demand for the commodity, the company said.

KYIV, Aug 10 – Ukraine’s producer prices increased 2.6% on the month in July, bringing the annual rate of increase to a whapping 42.2%, suggesting the economy is heating up and interest rate hike may be required.

KYIV, Aug 11 - Ukraine’s largest private power generating company DTEK Energo seeks to begin imports of coal from Kazakhstan, Poland and the U.S. after the country’s coal stocks dropped to critical level.

KYIV, Aug 10 – The State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine has deprived Mezhyrichensk Mining and Concentration Complex LLC (Mezhyrichensk Mining), which is part of the titanium business of Dmytro Firtash's Group DF, of the right to a license for geological exploration and development of the Selyschansky block in Zhytomyr region with deposits of titanium ores.

KYIV, Aug 11 – Land plots at a distance of up to 20 km from Kyiv in January-July 2021 rose in price by 15-18%, President of the Association of Realtors of Ukraine (ASNU) Yuriy Pita has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 10 – The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) has no any legal grounds to refuse permission to concentrate Motor Sich's shares to Chinese investors in the Chinese company and DCH Group of Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, DCH said in a statement.

KYIV, Aug 10 – Consumer prices in Ukraine in July 2020 decreased by 0.6% after growing by 0.2% in June, 0.3% in May and 0.8% in April and March, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, Aug 10 – The drop in Ukraine's GDP in 2020 will amount to 6% instead of 4.2% expected in April this year, such a consensus forecast on the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and the society was announced by the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.