KIEV, April 10 - Head of the State Property Fund Ihor Bilous has submitted a letter of resignation, saying he planned to return to the investment business after taking a short break.

KIEV, April 11 – Mutual claims of Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Russia's Gazprom under a gas sale and purchase contract total some $17.9 billion and $45.7 billion ($14 billion and $36.7 billion ex interest), respectively.

KIEV, April 11 – State-owned Naftogaz Ukrayiny, as a separate legal entity, received a net profit of UAH 26.529 billion in 2016 against a net loss of UAH 27.749 billion in 2015.

KIEV, April 11 - The delay in reforming Naftogaz Ukrayiny and the resignation of independent members of its supervisory board will shake international confidence in the intention of Ukrainian authorities to reform the key state-owned enterprises, and will also complicate the possibility of further existing financial support.

KIEV, April 11 – The validity of the consolidated financial report of the National Bank of Ukraine for 2015 has been checked by the Deloitte audit firm, which made positive conclusions (without qualifications), the NBU said on its website.

TOKYO, April 8 – Ukraine and Japan Business Federation KEIDANREN have discussed the possibility of opening in Kiev of offices of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Deputy Prime Minister Hennadiy Zubko told reporters in Tokyo, summing up the visit of the Ukrainian delegation led by President Petro Poroshenko.

ROME, April 8 - World wheat production in the new marketing season (2016/17) would be 20 million tons less than in 2015, reaching 712.7 million tons.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) put its first forecast for world wheat production.

KIEV, April 8 – DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy holding, has said that it is not able to pay the coupons on $910 million 2018 notes and initiates a moratorium on enforcement action and standstill in respect of the notes from the deadline until October 28, 2016.

KIEV, April 11 – Standard & Poor's Rating Services has lowered its corporate credit rating on UkrLandFarming PLC to 'SD' (selective default) from 'CC'.

We also lowered the issue rating on its senior unsecured notes to 'D' from 'CC'. We then suspended the ratings, due to lack of sufficient information," S&P said in a statement.

KIEV, April 11 – The World Group's International Finance Corporation is to lend $95 million to Kernel Holding S.A. and its subsidiaries for financing their working capital.

The Board of Directors will decide on the loan on May 10, IFC said in an announcement on its website.