KIEV, June 7 – Ukraine increased by 40% on year output of passenger cars in May to 661 vehicles, Ukrautoprom Association, a automobile dealer association, reported citing preliminary data.

KIEV, June 7 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will come under scrutiny for negotiating eight years ago a controversial 10-year natural gas supply deal with Russia that was last week revoked by a Stockholm court.

KIEV, June 7 - New automobile sales in Ukraine rose 33% on the year to 29,500 units in January-May, according to the AUTO-Consulting information and analytical group.

KIEV, June 7 – Ukraine in January-May imported 6.46 million tons of coal and anthracite for $1.03 billion, in particular in May for $264.6 million, according to the State Fiscal Service.

KIEV, June 7 - DTEK energy holding buys coal from its Obukhovskaya mine (Rostov region, Russia) at a price of $95 per ton including delivery to Ukraine's thermal power plants (TPP), acting CEO of DTEK Energy Dmytro Sakharuk told reporters.

KIEV, June 8 – Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), the country’s largest passenger airline company, accused Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan of giving preferential treatment to Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair, which intends to start flights to Ukraine.

KIEV, June 8 – The Russian Lipetsk Confectionary, which is owned by President Petro Poroshenko’s Roshen group, is battling with Russian tax authorities over allegedly unpaid taxes in Russia, Interfax reported.

KIEV, June 8 – President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday signed the bill that is aimed at deregulation of the power market to comply with the European Union standards.

KIEV, June 8 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, on Thursday declined a request from the Russian gas company Gazprom to travel to Moscow for talks over natural gas transit contract after 2019.

KIEV, June 8 – The Energy Efficiency Fund, aimed at reducing natural gas consumption and lower households spending on housing and utilities will start work in Ukraine in January 2017, Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Hennadiy Zubko Minister said.