KYIV, March 5 – The European Business Association on Thursday called on the new government to speed up transition and make sure that economic reforms continue at high pace.

KYIV, March 4 – The development company Von der Heyden Group (Valletta, Malta) is entering the Ukrainian market and plans to invest $50-100 million in projects for the construction of hotels and offices in Kyiv and Lviv in the next three years.

KYIV, March 4 – Ukraine can produce more gas and consume it more efficiently, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

"Ukraine is an energy country. I'm sure that we can produce more of our own gas and consume it more efficiently. For us it's absolutely realistic in future not to depend on any gas supplies from abroad," Groysman said on Facebook.

KYIV, March 4 – The debt of households for housing and utilities services in January 2019 increased by 12.2% from December 2018 and amounted to UAH 56.9 billion (excluding electricity).

KYIV, March 5 – Ukrlandfarming, one of the largest Ukrainian agricultural holdings, in the framework of its vertical integration strategy retains the plan for the construction of a port for grain exports and seeks investors for this project, evaluating its value at $200 million to $800 million.

KYIV, March 5 – Ukraine's state-run Ukroboronprom concern has said the investigative report aired by the Kyiv-based Nashi Groshi investigative team about overhauling two An-26 planes for a foreign customer is incorrect and shows signs of manipulation.

KYIV, March 3 – Ukraine should sell thousands of state-owned properties as part of reform process only leaving strategic assets in the government’s ownership, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, March 2 - DEZEGA Holding Ukraine, the designer and producer of mine rescue equipment, has signed a contract with Buenaventura mining company (Peru) to supply self-contained self-rescuers for workers of mines, the holding reported.

MOSCOW, March 2 - Russia's Sberbank is planning to resolve the problem with its business in Ukraine by the end of 2017, Sberbank CEO Herman Gref said during a conference call on Thursday.

KIEV, March 3 – Odessa Port-Side Plant will operate using a tolling scheme with the ERU Group, Ukraine's State Property Fund reported.

"After considering the options received from the SPF [as part of the collection of the proposals from potential partners to launch the plant], two companies of one group were selected: ERU Trading and ERU Management Services LLC (the United States) that provided the best proposal to resume the operations of the plant using the tolling scheme," the fund said.