KYIV, May 9 – KfW, a German state-owned promotional bank, and NPC Ukrenergo have signed a grant agreement for EUR 45 million to restore the Ukrainian energy system after attacks by Russian aggressor.

KYIV, May 8 - Most of the members of the monetary policy committee of the National Bank of Ukraine in a discussion on April 26 expressed the opinion that by the end of 2023 the NBU may reduce the refinancing rate to 21%.

KYIV, May 8 – The unemployment rate in Ukraine on average for 2023 will decrease from 21.1% in 2022, such an updated forecast was published by the National Bank in its Inflation Report, explaining it by an improvement in the review of the methodology and positive trends in the labor market.

KYIV, May 9 – Bilateral and multilateral meetings with Ukraine, the UN and Russia on the work of the grain corridor organized by Turkey will be held in Istanbul on May 10 and 11, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on Tuesday.

KYIV, May 9 – The missile strikes by the Russian aggressor May 8-9 did not cause any damage to Ukraine's power plants and transmission networks, however, the networks of six regional energy companies were damaged, NPC Ukrenergo has said on Tuesday.

KYIV, May 10 – The European Commission is studying the situation on the market of poultry meat, eggs, and frozen fruit and is ready to return to tariff quotas if Ukraine maintains the current volume of their supplies to Europe, EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski said.

KYIV, May 10 – Since March of this year, PepsiCo Ukraine has resumed the production of juices under the Sandora and Sadochok brands at its production facilities in the city of Vyshneve, Kyiv region, and also launched the production of drinks in Mykolaiv region, Head of Corporate Communications Department Alina Matkovska has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, May 10 – Mykolaiv has lost approximately 90% of its business during the Russian full-scale invasion, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych has said.

"There are almost no production facilities in Mykolaiv. So, all enterprises have closed, many enterprises have relocated. Today, the city survives solely on the military personal income tax.

KYIV, May 10 – The growth of consumer prices in Ukraine in April 2023 slowed down to 0.2% from 1.5% in March, while 0.7% in February and 0.8% in January, the State Statistics Service has said on Wednesday.

KYIV, May 6 – Countries importing agricultural products, primarily the Middle East and Africa, will not be able to do without export supplies of Ukrainian agricultural products, since it is physically impossible to replace its volumes with supplies from the aggressor country of the Russian Federation or from any other, this was stated by First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky on the air of Ukraine 24 TV channel on Friday.