KIEV, May 28 – The deficit of Ukraine's balance of foreign trade in exceeded $5 billion in Q1, and at the end of the year the deficit could reach $19-20 billion, according to a statement of the parliamentary committee for finance and banking activities issued headed by opposition leader, MP Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, May 25 ??“ UkrGaz-Energo will by the end of 2006 sell to about 4 billion cubic meters or about 12.5% of its annual gas resources through independent gas traders, a Ukraine's Gas Traders Association official said.

KIEV, May 25 ??“ Ukraine??™s new car sales are likely to increase 28.2% on the year to more than 350,000 vehicles in 2006, Valeriy Tretiyakov, a deputy industrial policy minister, said citing a recent forecast.

KIEV, May 25 ??“ Ukraine may raise a $140 million loan from the World Bank to provide loans through commercial banks to small businesses in rural regions, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday.

KIEV, May 26 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, on Friday cited a January agreement with Gazprom, Russia??™s state-controlled gas monopoly, seeking to prevent an 18.2% hike in gas prices in July.

KYIV, April 25 – Ukraine's largest mining and metallurgical company, Metinvest, will increase the salaries of workers at production and repair enterprises in Ukraine starting from May 1 of this year.

KYIV, Apr 25 – The shipment of agricultural products from the sea trade port Chornomorsk (Odesa region), the infrastructure of which was significantly damaged by a Russian missile attack last week, is gradually being restored, the Spike Brokers brokerage company said on Telegram channel.

KYIV, Apr 26 – Some 72% of surveyed companies plan to increase wages in 2024, almost the same number of companies (74%) experience a shortage of personnel, these are the results of a study of the Ukrainian labor market from the European Business Association (EBA).

KYIV, April 26 – The real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of Ukraine in the first three months of 2024 reached 4.5% (+/- 1%), compared to 3.6% (+/- 1%) for the first two months, according to the assessment published by Ukraine's Ministry of Economy on its website.

KYIV, April 28 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny is waiting for the final award of the tribunal under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to determine the quantum of damages from the expropriation of the group's assets in Crimea by the middle of 2022.