KYIV, July 9 – Weak demand for loans in Ukraine is hindering the government’s efforts to reinvigorate lending through special programs designed to accelerate growth, Oleksandr Pysaruk, chairman at Raiffeisen Bank Aval, said.

KYIV, July 8 – The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine intends to finalize the new version of the Energy Strategy taking into account the key elements of the European Green Deal, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine for European Integration Yaroslav Demchenkov said.

KYIV, July 8 – Dutch development bank FMO, Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency GIEK and Nordic Environment Finance Corporation threatened to sue Ukraine for attempts to change previously agreed feed-in tariffs for renewable energy projects.

KYIV, July 8 – Ukrainian banks reduced lending in May due to the coronavirus lockdown, while the share of non-performing loans had also declined, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), reported Thursday.

KYIV, July 9 – The increased requirements of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to systemically important banks to ensure their safety margin are absolutely doable, they won't constitute a shock for these financial institutions, NBU Deputy Governor Dmytro Sologub said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

MOSCOW, July 8 - The Yamal-Europe pipeline has been fully shut down for two-day scheduled repairs, according to the gas transport operator Gascade.

KYIV, July 8 – One of the beneficiaries of the Ukrainian TV Channel NewsOne is the co-owner of Russia's Promsvyazbank, through which the Kremlin finances the war against Ukraine, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko reported.

KYIV, July 8 – Ukrtelecom in July plans to connect residents of 65 localities to broadband Internet as part of the implementation of the project to develop the optical network using GPON technology.

KYIV, July 8 – Ukraine would like to reach agreements with the Russian side on gas transit as early as September, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference.

KYIV, July 8 – The transfer of Ukrsotsbank's assets to Alfa-Bank has completed and the legal merger is expected to complete this autumn, General Manager of the board of the Alfa-Bank banking group, Board Chairman of Ukrsotsbank Ivan Svitek has said.