KYIV, Aug 9 - Industrial prices in Ukraine in July 2017 decreased by 0.6%, the State Statistics Service has said. The prices also fell 0.6% in June and 1.3% in May, after rising 1.6% in April by 1.6% and 3.5% in March.

KYIV, Aug 9 – Ukraine’s monthly consumer inflation slowed down to 0.2% in July 2017 from 1.6% in June, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported Wednesday. Inflation was reported at 1.3% in May and 0.9% in April.

KYIV, Aug 8 - Raiffeisen Bank Aval has issued a loan for UAH 400 million to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the first time ever an international organization had borrowed in Ukrainian currency.

KYIV, Aug. 9 – The head of the state-owned railway company UkrZaliznytsia and perhaps the last remaining reformer in the state-controlled sector resigned on Wednesday, following 10 months of pressure from senior government officials.

KIEV, Aug. 8 - Ukrainian seaports saw a 9.8% fall in cargo handling in January through July 2016 year-over-year, to 74.06 million tons, according to preliminary data from the Sea Port Authority of Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers at a Monday meeting approved a draft resolution facilitating the registration of imported medicines in Ukraine and the timeframe of the process to 10 days.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – Industrial prices in Ukraine after a May spurt of 5.3% caused by the natural gas market liberalization and being stable in June, in July again rose by 4.3%, the State Statistics Service said.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - Britain's Active Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a regional government relating to the management, development and sustainable commercialization of approximately 186,500 hectares of mature commercial forestry in northern Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – The launch of the e-declaration system scheduled for August 15 could be postponed, as it is impossible to examine of the comprehensive information protection system of the declaration system, software designer Miranda LLC did not present equipment, software and documents required for the examination by the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – The largest bank in Ukraine – PrivatBank (Dnipro) – believes that accusations of embezzling over UAH 19 billion of refinancing funds issued by the National Bank of Ukraine against some managers of the bank are groundless, the bank told Interfax-Ukraine.