KYIV, Oct 4 - Ukraine's thermal power plants (TPP) and combined heat and power plants (CHPP) in January-August this year received 2.187 million tons of imported coal.

KYIV, Oct 3 – The World Bank retains its forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth at 2% in 2017, World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Satu Kahkonen said on Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct 4 – Ukraine’s Naftogaz reported a 21% increase in net profit in the first half of the year to 23.3 billion hryvnias ($870 million), Reuters reported Wednesday citing the state-run energy company.

KYIV, Oct 3 – A total of 37% of Ukrainians from among those who would like to work abroad want to work in Germany, 26% in Poland, 22% in the U.S. and 21% in Canada, according to a poll conducted by the Rating sociological group.

KYIV, Oct 4 – President Petro Poroshenko and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of U.S. General Electric Transportation Jamie Miller at a meeting in Kyiv discussed the prospect of U.S. involvement in the modernization of public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia.

KYIV, Oct 4 – The bill on agricultural land turnover in Ukraine should be passed in 2018, the World Bank has said.

According to the World Bank's Special Focus Note on reforming land markets in Ukraine, the key design principles of the bill on agricultural land turnover should be the provision of individuals, legal entities s (with temporary restrictions), municipalities and the state with the right to buy land. Banks can own foreclosed land temporarily; they need to liquidate via e-auction within a certain time frame.

KYIV, Oct 4 - Ukrainian entrepreneur Vasyl Khmelnytsky has put his business projects and social initiatives under one umbrella brand, UFuture Investment Group, according to a press release from the group.

KYIV, Oct 5 – Ukraine's forex reserves as of early October 2017 totaled $18.6 billion, which is $602 million or 3.3% more than a month ago, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said on its website on Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 5 - Ukraine and Qatar are interested in intensifying bilateral cooperation in the trade and economic sector, the press service of the Ukraine Foreign Ministry has reported, following Minister Pavlo Klimkin's visit to Qatar.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Odessa Port-Side Plant and the Naftogaz Ukrayiny will sign a contract for the supply of natural gas on October 4, the State Property Fund reported.