KIEV, July 5 ??“ Datagroup, Ukraine??™s fast growing phone and data transmission company, said it plans to acquire up to seven small regional companies seeking to consolidate itself into a leading telecommunication firm.

KIEV, July 5 ??“ Nissan Motor Ukraine, an affiliate of the Japanese Nissan Motor Co. sold 1,183 cars in January-June, including 486 cars in June, the company reported on July 4.

VORKUTA, July 5 ??“ Severstal Group is still interested in buying the Turkish Erdemir and the Ukrainian Kryvorizhstal steel mills, Severstal Director General Aleksey Mordashov told journalists in Vorkuta (Russia).

KIEV, July 5 ??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has opened a $10 million credit line to Forum Bank to credit small and medium enterprises within the total crediting program of $200 million for support of micro-, small and medium business in Ukraine.

KIEV, July 5 ??“ Aval Bank has asked the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to increase from $10 million to $25 million its next tranche within the EBRD program for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) support, Aval reported, with reference to its chairman Serhiy Vovchenko.

KYIV, June 4 – More than half of the surveyed representatives of the media sphere of Ukraine in the first five months of this year noted a deterioration in their psychological state compared to 2023. This is evidenced by the results of an anonymous quantitative online survey of journalists using the questionnaire method, conducted by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI) from April 18 to May 27, 2024.

KYIV, June 4 – The Velta group of companies with assets for the extraction of titanium-containing ores in Novomyrhorod (Kirovohrad region) produced 25,409 tonnes of ilmenite based on the results of work in January-March 2024, its CEO and co-owner Andriy Brodsky reported on Facebook.

KYIV, June 4 – The Business Activity Expectations Index, calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on a scale from zero to 100, after positive assessments in March-April, fell below the neutral level in May: by 4.3 points - to 48 points, the regulator reported on Monday.

KYIV, June 5 – By the end of 2024, it is quite possible to install 400-500 MW of new solar capacity, provided that the state supports or facilitates this process, Chairman of the Board of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine Vladyslav Sokolovsky said.

KYIV, June 5 - The adoption of the bill on the mandatory use of bioethanol in liquid motor fuels is an extremely important event for Ukraine, since its implementation will annually ensure the receipt of more than $1 billion in the budget and significantly influence the development of the agricultural sector, says the Chairman of the Board of Global 100 RE Ukraine, President of MHP Eco Energy Oleksandr Dombrovsky.