KYIV, Dec 22 - Index of Devaluation Expectations of Ukrainians in the coming three months worsened by 10 points in November, to 166.6 on October 2017, while consumer confidence last month improved by 0.3 points, to 62.3 (on a 200-grade scale).

KYIV, Dec 26 – The National Commission for State Regulation of Communications and Information Technology has officially published an announcement about a tender to sell radio frequency licenses to introduce radio technology "International Mobile Telecommunications IMT" (4G, LTE, or Long Term Evolution) in the radio frequency bands 1710-1785 MHz, 1805-1880 MHz.

KYIV, Dec 26 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has returned to Oleksandr Yaroslavsky documents for agreement on the participation in the purchase of Prominvestbank (PIB, Kyiv) for modification, the NBU has said on its Twitter page.

KYIV, Dec 26 – The Finance Ministry has completed the fourth stage of additional capitalization of Kyiv-based PrivatBank through an additional issue of government domestic loan bonds worth UAH 16 billion in exchange for the bank's shares, the ministry's said on its website.

KYIV, Dec 26 - The Fitch Ratings international rating agency forecasts that Ukrainian banks in 2018 will post profit, at the same time it notes a number of constraints.

KYIV, Dec 27 - The National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) has issued licenses for natural gas supplies to Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK Oil & Gas and Himvektor LLC whose ultimate beneficiary is Dmytro Firtash via Cyprus's Valanox Investments Limited.

KYIV, Dec 26 – A decision by the International Court of Arbitration in Paris on a claim filed by Kyiv-based state-run Oschadbank against Russia over lost assets in Russian-annexed Crimea is expected in 2018, Deputy Foreign Minister for European Integration Olena Zerkal said.

KYIV, Dec 27 - Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure is in talks with two more low-cost airlines in addition to SkyUp on their operation on the Ukrainian market, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said.

KIEV, Dec. 27 – 1 plus 1 Media Group shuts down Ukraine Today project on January 1, 2017, reads a statement posted on the website of the Media Group.

KIEV, Dec. 26 – European Travel Insurance (ERV, Kiev) announced it has signed an agreement with PrivatBank to provide travel insurance services to holders of bank cards.