KIEV, Jan. 10 - The decision of the State Commission for Securities and Stock Market to introduce obligatory, quarterly-updated credit ratings for bond issuers will slow the development of the bond market in Ukraine, bankers said.

KIEV, Jan. 10 ??“ There were 13.8 million mobile phone users in Ukraine as of Jan 1, mobile operators say.

KIEV, Jan. 10 ??“ Ukraine now has the technical capability to export about 370 million kWh of electricity to Romania per month, but is unable to use it, the national energy company UkrEnergo said Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 11 ??“ AutoKrAZ Holding Company, Ukraine's only truck producer, last year dispatched 2,258 KrAZ trucks to customers (210 disassembled), 92% (1,081 trucks) more than in 2003.

KIEV, Jan. 10 ??“ Ukraine narrowly escaped a serious energy problem this year by agreeing to significantly increased prices for natural gas it imports from Turkmenistan, the country??™s largest gas supplier.

KIEV, Jan. 11 ??“ Ukraine??™s internet usage continued to expand rapidly in 2004, with the total of domain names in the Ukrainian ???.ua??? domain zone growing by 23% to 135,000, administrator Hostmaster Ltd. Told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 9 – Electricity imports in November rose by 17.2% to 414,700 MWh, reaching their highest level since the start of 2025, according to the DIXI Group analytical center, citing data from Energy Map.

KYIV, Dec 10 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Commission are providing a EUR 100 million credit line to support the development of a scalable platform for affordable energy-efficient rental housing in Ukraine by philanthropist Dell Loy Hansen, the bank's press service reported.

KYIV, Dec 10 – PrivatBank, Oschadbank, Universal Bank (monobank), and Raiffeisen Bank, which collectively held 64.5% of all household deposits and 87.5% of active payment cards as of October 1, along with the National Association of Banks of Ukraine (NABU) and the Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB), signed a memorandum titled "Ensuring Transparency in the Banking Payment Services Market" at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec 10 – Consumer prices in Ukraine rose by 1.9% in November 2024, slightly up from 1.8% in October, 1.5% in September, and 0.6% in August, according to Ukraine's State Statistics Service on Tuesday.