KYIV, July 5 – The Energy Efficiency Fund could become fully operational only in 2020, according to Head of the housing and utilities programs in the Opora Civil Network Tetiana Boiko.

KYIV, July 5 – The Ukrainian Oil & Gas Association has called on the Justice Ministry to accelerate with approval of all required bylaws, that is, several resolutions of the Finance Ministry, for the proper operation of the updated fuel sale electronic administration system and the new excised warehouse fuel flow control system.

KYIV, July 5 – The hryvnia will continue strengthening in the short term, according to bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

"It is likely that soon we will see UAH 25.5 per $1," senior analyst at Raiffeisen Bank Aval Mykhailo Rebryk has said.

KYIV, July 5 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has criticized the decision of Kyiv's district administrative court that suspended a decision of the Cabinet of Ministers obliging Naftogaz Ukrayiny to send UAH 12.25 billion to pay dividends, which is 90% of the company's net profit for 2018.

KYIV, July 5 – The Commercial Court of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice England and Wales has, following a lawsuit brought by Naftogaz Ukrainy, decided to freeze $145 million in Nord Stream dividends payable to Gazprom.

KYIV, July 5 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny expects the Cabinet of Ministers to allow it soon entering the eurobond market to secure gas purchases and create its sufficient reserves for successful negotiations with Russia's Gazprom, CEO of Naftogaz Andriy Kobolev has said.

KYIV, July 6 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has proposed to audit all projects being implemented in Donetsk and Luhansk regions to see if they are needed and increase the effectiveness of the use of the provided funds.

KYIV, July 5 - In denying that Switzerland's Zug superior court has reinstated the attachment of Gazprom's shares in Nord Stream AG and Nord Stream 2 AG, the Russian gas giant is misrepresenting the court's ruling, Naftogaz Ukrayiny said in a statement.

KYIV, July 6 – The commission of the State Aviation Service for considering assignments to flights has recommended the head of the authority to allow Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) to service regular flights from Kyiv to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Krabi and Phuket (Thailand) twice a week.

KYIV, July 6 – First Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Development and Trade Minister Stepan Kubiv has ordered to create a working group for drafting legislation amendments in the sphere of tourism and settling the situation on this market.