KYIV, March 27 - Raiffeisen Bank Aval, which was up for sale for two years, may now be seeking to expand by using its own resources in coming years, First Deputy Board Chairman Gerhard Bosch said.

KYIV, March 27 – Trade between Ukraine and India in 2017 grew by 18.8%, reaching $2.8 billion, Indian Ambassador to Ukraine Mr. Manoj Kumar Bharti said on Tuesday.

KYIV, March 27 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has said that it was predictable that Germany would issue a permit to build and operate the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the German exclusive economic zone. The company will continue pursuing Europe that the implementation of the project would affect its energy security.

KYIV, March 28 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said negotiations with Israel on the free trade area (FTA) were completed and soon the respective agreement will be signed.

KYIV, March 28 – A handful of McDonald's restaurants will start serving ordered meals to customers at tables as part of a new format in 2018, a senior company official said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 27 – The Kiev regional police have freed the chief of the electricity supply department of Ukrzaliznytsia, Valeriy Liudmyrsky, who was held hostage for eight months by kidnappers who demanded a EUR 10 million ransom, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced.

KIEV. March 27 – Five global companies have become bidders in an open tender to reconstruct the sea approach canal and internal water approaches to the deep water berths of Yuzhniy port (Odessa region).

KIEV, March 27 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2017 plans to invest EUR 150-200 million in Ukrainian agriculture, the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry reported.

KIEV, March 27 – DTEK energy holding will send official notifications to 32 companies warning them of not buying coal made by the group's divisions located on the temporarily uncontrolled territory, DTEK CEO Maksym Timchenko said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 27 – Ukraine and Moldova plan to apply to the European Commission within one month with a proposal to analyze Ukraine's plans to build new hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) on the Dniester River, Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip said.