KYIV, Aug 10 – Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud have discussed in a phone conversation trade development and investment cooperation between their countries, as well as a possibility of simplification of the procedure of entering Saudi Arabia for some categories of Ukrainian citizens.

KYIV, Aug 11 – The Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture in the forecast balance of the grain market provides for wheat exports in the 2020/2021 marketing year (July-June, MY) at the level of 17.2 million tons, Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Vysotsky has said.

KYIV, Aug 11 – The indicator of business confidence in the industrial market in Ukraine the third quarter of 2020 improved by 10.6 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the second quarter of 2020, to "minus" 12.4%, in processing industry increased by 11 p.p., to minus 13.2%, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, Aug 11 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday has come under fire from his main domestic political rival for his alleged connection to a wealthy businessman Ihor Kolomoiskiy who is under active investigation by U.S. Justice Department.

KYIV, Aug 8 – The occupancy of hotels in Kyiv in January-June 2019 decreased by one percentage point (p.p.) compared to the same period a year earlier and amounted to 48%, the press service of Jones Lang LaSalle consulting company in Ukraine (JLL) has reported.

KYIV, Aug 8 – The first batch of drugs for cancer patients, purchased through the Crown Agents international organization for the funds of the 2019 national budget, has already been delivered to Ukraine and will soon be distributed to the regions, the Ukrainian Health Ministry's press service has reported.

KYIV, Aug 8 – Wind Solar Energy LLC (Kyiv) intends to build a 60 MW wind power plant in Zhytomyr region, according to the website of the unified register of environmental impact assessment.

KYIV, Aug 9 – Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk has called suspects in the so-called "Rotterdam+ formula" case to cooperate with investigators.

KYIV, Aug 9 – The Experimental Design Center for Shipbuilding state enterprise, part of the Ukroboronprom state concern, on its own initiative has started developing an option to modernize Island patrol boats, which were transferred by the United States to the Navy of Ukraine in September last year.

KYIV, Aug 9 – Consumer prices in Ukraine in July 2019 decreased by 0.6% compared to June of this year, while in annual terms inflation was fixed at 9.1%, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine has said.