KYIV, Nov 6 – The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the economic development of the Black Sea region countries by financing energy and infrastructure projects, green investments, trade and cooperation in other areas.

KYIV, Nov 8 – Interpipe, a Ukrainian steel pipe and railway wheel company, has confirmed that antimonopoly authorities of Germany approved the creation of a joint venture (JV) with France's Vallourec, a leading producer of seamless pipes in Europe.

KYIV, Nov 8 - Ukrainian enterprises working with scrap ferrous metals in January-October 2017 increased exports of these products by 60.6% compared to the same period in 2016, to 385,760 tonnes (240,222 tonnes a year ago).

KYIV, Nov 8 – Parliament ratified the financial agreement under the Ukraine Higher Education project between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank on granting Ukraine a EUR 120 million loan.

MOSCOW, Nov. 9 – A London court has lifted arrest on $380 million worth of assets of Ukrainian businessmen Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholiubov under a claim of Russia's Tatneft on supplies of oil to the Kremenchuk oil refinery, Bloomberg agency has reported.

KIEV, Nov. 9 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia seeks to invest $3 billion to purchase and modernize drilling rigs by 2020, as well as to attract external contractors to carry out the works at the company's fields, Ukrgazvydobuvannia head Oleh Prokhorenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 8 - Consumer prices in Ukraine in October rose by 2.8% compared with the previous month and since the beginning of the year by 9.4%, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Nov. 8 – The National Bank of Ukraine has started the second phase of implementing the BankID project and seeks to finish it in 2018, said Valeriy Maiboroda head of the strategy management and banking sector reform projects and programs at the NBU.

KIEV, Nov. 8 – National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny hopes to agree the key conditions for further financing of gas pumping to Ukrainian underground storage facilities secured by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a U.S. government agency, by the end of this year, Naftogaz Commercial Director Yuriy Vitrenko has said.

KIEV, Nov. 6 – The majority (82%) of members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine believe that the fight against corruption is a top priority, the Chamber said.

"Corruption is one of the largest obstacles in doing effective, transparent and fair business in Ukraine," the Chamber said.