KYIV, Dec 5 – Ukraine and China celebrate the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations and are reaching the new strategic level of cooperation, which envisages the implementation of joint projects for the total amount of near $7 billion, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers.

KYIV, Dec 6 – Ukraine is an attractive state for the investors looking for a place to accommodate new shared service centers (SSC) or intending to launch business processes outsourcing (BPO) operations, KPMG reported.

KYIV, Dec 5 – The price of one hectare of farmland in Ukraine , if a moratorium on the sale of farmland is annulled, could be UAH 50,000-60,000, First Deputy Agricultural Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Maksym Martyniuk has said.

KYIV, Dec 5 – The launch of a New Safe Confinement (NSC) built over reactor four of Chornobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) has been postponed from November 2017 until late May 2018, according to a posting on the website of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, referring to Deputy Head of the NSC project Serhiy Deriuha.

KYIV, Dec 5 – The Cabinet of Ministers decided to go ahead and fulfill the international liabilities of Ukraine in the approved terms and full amount regarding contributions to the Chornobyl Shelter Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), including payment of the currency exchange difference for the period of 2014-2016, Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Ostap Semerak said.

KYIV, Dec 5 – Ukraine 's forex reserves grew by 0.9% in November, to $18.906 billion, up almost 22% since early 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported Wednesday.

KIEV , Dec. 5 - Pfeifer & Langen ( Germany ) is completing the acquisition of six sugar factories in Ternopil region previously owned by T-Tsukor holding.

"Yes, we buy these six plants," Radekhiv Sugar LLC Head Vitaliy Sikorsky told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV , Dec. 5 – The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has completed hearings in the framework of litigation between Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Gazprom on the gas transit contract, Naftogaz Chief Commercial Officer Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KIEV , Dec. 5 – Head of Ukrenergo Vsevolod Kovalchuk and European Commission Vice President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic have discussed integration of Ukraine 's power grid with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).

KIEV , Dec. 5 – State Border Service head Viktor Nazarenko and Turkish Coast Guard Commander Bulent Oljai signed on Monday in Ankara the minutes of the bilateral cooperation meeting, which lists the planned events for 2017.