KYIV, Oct 9 – Around 300 companies from 13 countries will exhibit their products in the interests of the security and defense sector at the 14th specialized exhibition Arms and Security 2017 to be held in Kyiv on October 10 through October 13.

KYIV, Oct 9 – PrivatBank’s assets wired to the balance sheet of the financial institution to pay credits, including the Bukovel ski resort, should be put up for sale via the electronic trading system, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Kateryna Rozhkova said.

KYIV, Oct 9 - Consumer prices in Ukraine increased by 2% on the month in September, and year-over-year inflation accelerated to 16.4%, the State Statistics Service said on Monday.

TBILISI, Oct 9 - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova, which constitute the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, are set to create a free-trade zone in the region, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze told reporters in Tbilisi.

KYIV, Oct 10 - The active presence of private defense companies on Ukraine's defense market requires the authorities reconsider approaches to the distribution of defense budget funds and the reform of the state defense order system, Valentyn Badrak, Director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS), said.

KYIV, Oct 10 – Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk approved a forecast that sees growth of power consumption by 1.4% to 151 billion kWh in 2018, the ministry reported. The growth is on par with the pace of increase in 2017.

ASHGABAT, Oct. 10 - Turkmenistan is ready to cooperate with Ukraine in the development of transport corridors for trade extension, according to the Turkmen portal Gundogar News.

KIEV, Oct. 10 – The Board of Directors of the World Bank is to consider the provision of $500 million guarantees for Naftogaz Ukrayiny to raise letters of credit or loans from international commercial banks to buy natural gas from individual suppliers, the bank announced on its website.

KIEV, Oct. 10 – The World Bank and Ukraine are currently revising the international lender's project portfolio, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 10 – The installation of the containment structure over reactor four of Chernobyl nuclear power plant will start on November 3, Ukrainian Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Ostap Semerak said.