KYIV, April 7 – The rapid spread of the virus in most countries of the world in March led to a sharp deterioration in steel market, mostly affecting Ukrainian producers of long and flat rolled, analysts said Tuesday.

KYIV, April 2 – Norway's Scatec Solar in 2018 established and acquired around a dozen of companies in Ukraine to implement its projects to build solar power plants.

KYIV, April 2 – Ukraine in January-March 2019 increased transit of natural gas through its gas transmission system (GTS) by 4.6% (by 1.796 billion cubic meters) compared to the same period of 2018, to 21.009 billion cubic meters, according to update from Ukrtransgaz.

KYIV, April 2 – HEAD Vinnytsia LLC, a subsidiary of Austria's HEAD International Holding GmbH, following the results of a land auction, became the owner of a land plot of 25 hectares in the territory of Vinnytsia industrial park, where it plans to build a plant.

KYIV, April 3 – The market of imported alcohol in Ukraine in 2019 will grow by 8-10%, Bayadera Group, one of the largest alcohol companies in the Ukrainian market, predicts.

KYIV, April 4 – Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) is adjusting the summer schedule in terms of reducing the number of flights and flight intensity during summer due to the delayed supply of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the press service of the airline said.

KYIV, April 4 - Foreign direct investment (FDI) made from domestic assets was estimated at $485 million in 2018 against $270 million in 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said in its statement on the so-called "round-trip investment" (when a resident withdraws funds that are then returned to the country in the form of foreign direct investment).

KYIV, April 4 – The Moody's international rating agency does not expect that Volodymyr Zelensky's potential victory in the second round of the presidential election will have a direct impact on Ukraine's economic or fiscal policy, since the prime minister, the ministers of finance, economic development and trade, among others, are appointed and subordinated to the parliament.

KIEV, April 6 – Ukrtransgaz has replaced 40 km of the section of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline used to pump gas to Europe, the state-owned company reported.

KIEV, April 4 – The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority plans to spend UAH 966 million to develop berth infrastructure by the end of this year, Authority head Raivis Veckagans said.