KYIV, April 11 – The Cabinet of Ministers supported a decision to impose a complete embargo on imports of goods from the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economy said on Sunday, citing First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko.

KYIV, April 8 - The coming of the Qatari company Nebras Power to the Ukrainian renewable energy market is a positive signal, but this was largely due to the confidence of the Qatari side in the Ukrainian partner UDP Renewables and the support of the project by the president of Ukraine, Andriy Konechenkov, the chairman of the board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association, has said.

KYIV, April 8 - The volume of mortgage lending in February 2021 amounted to UAH 457.9 million, which is 40% more than in January and 81% more than in February 2020, according to the results of a survey of banks conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, April 9 – J.P. Morgan has placed Ukraine and Egypt on the Index Watch Positive list for possible inclusion in the J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index - Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) index following sustained improvement in liquidity and foreign investor access to domestic government bond markets.

KYIV, April 9 – The growth of consumer prices in Ukraine in March 2021 accelerated year-over-year to 8.5% from 7.5% in February, from 6.1% in January and from 5% in December 2020, the State Statistics Service reported.

KYIV, April 10 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia saw an 11% fall in net profit in 2018, to UAH 27.135 billion (around $1 billion).

KYIV, April 10 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny CEO Andriy Kobolev has called on gas market players in Ukraine to create gas reserve stocks in the conditions of a threat of termination of contracts with Russia's Gazprom from January 1, 2020.

KYIV, April 10 – The Cabinet of Ministers has expanded a list of goods from the Russian Federation on which embargo is imposed, including glass canning jars, bottles and glass containers for food and beverages in it.

KYIV, April 10 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) uses the average annual forex rate set at UAH 28.681 per U.S. dollar for 2019 and UAH 29.958 per U.S. dollar for 2020 when converting GDP in hryvnias to U.S. dollars in its updated April 2019 World Economic Outlook, which is almost the same as in the previous outlook issued last October.

KYIV, April 11 – The European Business Association (EBA) called on the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry and the State Forest Resources Agency to take measures to challenge a recent court ruling on auctions selling rough timber.