KYIV, March 26 – The expected economic benefits from the liberalization of the agricultural land market for legal entities could range from 1-2.7% of GDP annually over the next three years, scientists from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) calculated in a study of the prospects for liberalization of the agricultural land market.

KYIV, March 25 - Ukraine has to begin to form a coherent policy in the field of photovoltaic waste treatment from solar power plants (SPP), Deputy Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko said at a relevant thematic webinar organized by the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA).

KYIV, March 25 - Naftogaz is ready to ensure the operation of the Ukrainian section of the Samara-Western Direction diesel fuel pipeline, head of the group Andriy Kobolev has said.

KYIV, March 26 – In the spring of 2014, during the occupation of the Crimean peninsula, the so-called "little green men" controlled by Russia, the families of incumbent MPs Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak (the Opposition Platform - For Life faction) acquired 42% of the shares of Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov region for $40,000.

KYIV, March 27 – Leroy Merlin Ukraine LLC (Kyiv), developing the hardware hypermarket chain of the French brand Leroy Merlin, on April 4 will open a new store in Odesa, the fifth hypermarket in Ukraine.

KYIV, March 27 – Google Ukraine has announced the official launch of Google Pay online service, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Google has said in a press release.

KYIV, March 27 – The State Statistics Service has confirmed grain harvest in 2018 at 70 million tons, the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, March 28 – The co-founders of retail mobile bank Monobank Dmytro Dubilet, Oleg Gorohovsky and Mykhailo Rogalskiy plan to bring a bank, similar to Monobank, to the U.K. market by the end of the summer of 2019, Dubilet said.

KYIV, March 28 – ICIS, the leading provider of pricing and market intelligence for the global energy, chemicals and fertilizer sectors, has introduced new price assessments for the Ukrainian natural gas market, ICIS has said in a press release.

KYIV, March 28 – Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA ML), given the increased political risks in Ukraine on the eve of the first round of the presidential election, believes that GDP-pegged warrants (VRI, Value Recovery Instruments) of the country are more preferable compared with eurobonds, seeing potential for more upside, according to an analytical report issued by the bank on Wednesday.