KIEV, Aug. 3 ??“ EnergoAtom, state-owned power nuclear power generator, and Iberdrola of Spain on Thursday signed an agreement on cooperation in nuclear power plants' maintenance, the prolongation of reactors' service life and repairs, EnergoAtom reported.

KIEV, Aug. 4 ??“ From September 1, electricity prices for the households will grow by 25%, according to a resolution of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

KIEV, Aug. 3 ??“ Ukraine expects to earn between $7 billion and $9 billion from selling port infrastructure assets within the next three years, according to the Transportation Ministry.

KYIV, July 4 – The agricultural holding Kernel, one of the largest in Ukraine, intends to invest more than $100 million during 2024 in the construction of an oil processing plant in Starokostiantyniv (Khmelnytsky region), the purchase of agricultural machinery, the development of vehicles and projects on the Danube, CEO of the company Yevhen Osypov said.

KYIV, July 4 – The Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI) calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), after a slight decline from 51.5 points in April to 50.5 points in May, grew slightly in June to 50.8 points, and remained at the positive half of the scale (zero to 100).

KYIV, July 5 – The indicator of business confidence in the industry in June 2023 decreased by 0.3 percentage points (p.p.) compared to May, amounting to "minus" 7.1%, and in the processing industry this indicator decreased by 0.2%, to "minus" 5.2%, according to the State Statistics Service.

KYIV, July 4 – The international working group on sanctions against Russia, chaired by Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak and Director of the Freeman-Spogli Institute (FSI) Ambassador Michael McFaul, has presented a report aimed at limiting the access of the Russian military-industrial complex to Western technologies.

KYIV, July 5 – The Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) has raised its estimate of the potential harvest in 2023 by 1 million tons to 69 million tons of grains and oilseeds, which is 6.5% less than in 2022 (73.8 million tons), the UGA press service reported.

KYIV, July 6 – As of June 2023, due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, 8.2 million citizens of Ukraine are abroad, which is about 20% of the population that was before the war, the Opora civil network has reported.

KYIV, July 6 – UkrLithiumMining LLC (ULM) intends to build a lithium mine in Kirovohrad region in compliance with international environmental standards.