KIEV, Dec. 6 ??“ Foreign direct investment in the Kiev region, led by Sweden??™s furniture retailer giant IKEA, is expected to increase 44% on the year to $1.2 billion in 2007, a regional administration official said.

KIEV, Dec. 7 ??“ Eight potential buyers say they want to bid in a tender to privatize Kryvy Rih oxidized ore-mining and dressing mill, the State Property Fund's press service said, citing SPF Chairwoman Valentyna Semeniuk.

KIEV, Dec. 6 - The National Bank of Ukraine steeply revised upwards its consumer inflation forecast for 2004, in a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy remain exceptionally high.

KIEV, Dec. 7 ??“ Kosmotras International Space Company is preparing to test an advanced model of its Dnepr rocket in 2005, Vladyslav Solovey, the company??™s marketing director, told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

KYIV, Nov 7 – Ukrenergo together with the Polish system operator PSE are considering the possibility of increasing electricity imports to Ukraine by an additional 150 MW, which could result in a total of 2.5 GW of electricity imports from Europe, said acting head of Ukrenergo Oleksiy Brekht at the tenth Kyiv International Economic Forum (KIEF) on Thursday.

KYIV, Nov 7 – The mining and metallurgical group Metinvest is increasing the proportion of women in production roles previously occupied by men due to the war, mobilization of employees and personnel shortage.

KYIV, Nov 7 - The construction of a glass plant in Kyiv region is planned to begin in the spring of 2025, said Ihor Liski, owner of the investment holding EFI Group.

KYIV, Nov 7 – Investment inflows may continue after the end of military operations, some 74% of Ukrainians surveyed believe so, some 16% do not believe in it and another 10% do not bother to answer, according to the results of a Gradus Research study on the professional mobility of Ukrainians amid the human capital crisis.

KYIV, Nov 6 – The growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in the third quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year slowed down not to 4.6%, but to 8.2% from 19.5% in the second quarter, such an updated The National Bank of Ukraine published the assessment in its Inflation Report on its website.

KYIV, Nov 7 – Ukraine’s international reserves in October decreased by 1.9%, or $735.2 million, and as of November 1, 2023, according to preliminary data, amounted to $38.973 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported.