KYIV, July 27 – Travel services imports, which fell sharply in 2020 due to the pandemic, will grow by almost 50% this year, to almost $7 billion, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yuriy Heletiy said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, July 27 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is discussing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about its role in the development of the secondary market for government Treasury bills, but will not allow a situation in which it will somehow finance the budget, NBU Deputy Governor Yuriy Heletiy said.

KYIV, July 28 – Deputy Head of the President's Office of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva met with the Commissioner for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany Matthias Lüttenberg, who said that Germany is ready for consultations initiated by Ukraine on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

KYIV, July 27 – Solway Investment Group, owning Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant (PFP, Kirovohrad region), plans to expand production of nickel, copper and other non-ferrous metal amid growth of demand for these metals.

KYIV, July 28 – Alfa-Bank, Ukraine’s No. 6 largest bank by assets, will expand its operation in to become the largest universal bank in the country, General Manager of Alfa-Bank Rafal Juszczak said Tuesday.

KYIV, July 27 – The Energy Ministry backs the increase in power exports and opposes its imports to Ukraine, acting Energy Minister Olha Buslavets has said.

KYIV, July 26 – The government of Ukraine has instructed the Ministry of Finance to attract two loans from Cargill Financial Services International, including EUR100 million for two years at 5.15% per annum and EUR150 million for five years at 6.25% per annum.

KYIV, July 26 – The volume of money transfers to Ukraine using international money transfer systems in January-June 2019 exceeded the amount of funds sent abroad by 6.5 times.

KYIV, July 26 – The deficit of the national budget of Ukraine in January-June 2019 amounted to UAH 871 million, in particular the general fund deficit was UAH 8.67 billion with the target being UAH 22.99 billion, the State Treasury Service has said.

BRUSSELS, July 28 - Russia wants to strike a short-term deal with Kyiv on gas transit to Europe when the current 10-year agreement expires in order to buy time to complete pipelines that will bypass Ukraine, Reuters reported citing four sources familiar with Russian thinking.