KYIV, Dec 1 – From December 1 this year, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is lifting all restrictions on the sale of cash foreign currency by banks and non-bank financial institutions to the public in order to level the spread between cash and non-cash rates, the regulator said on its website on Thursday evening.

KYIV, Dec 4 – An international conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine with the involvement of Greek business will be held in Athens (Greece) on February 15, 2024, the press service of the Ukrainian government reported on Monday.

KYIV, Dec 4 – The Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI), which the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) calculates on a scale from zero to 100, again dropped by 0.5 points in November to 49.1 points, remaining below its neutral level of 50 points, for the second month in a row, the central bank said last week.

KYIV, Dec 4 - Triosan Holding Ukraine LLC, a representative office of a Hungarian company developing geothermal energy in Europe, will invest EUR 68 million in the construction of a greenhouse complex in Lviv region that will operate using geothermal energy, head of Lviv Regional Military Administration Maksym Kozytsky said on Facebook.

KYIV, Dec 4 – DTEK Group and wind turbine manufacturer Vestas signed a memorandum of understanding to complete the construction of the largest wind power plant in Eastern Europe – Tylihulska Wind Farm with a total capacity of 500 megawatts (MW).

KYIV, Dec 2 – Ukrenergo has attracted EUR 300 million in loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), as well as EUR 72 million in grant funds from the Netherlands to restore networks and improve the financial stability of the company.

KYIV, Dec 2 – Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, won a EUR 100,000 grant through the German Society for International Cooperation GIZ for the construction of a solar power plant for the needs of Nizhyn Vodokanal, Secretary of the City Council Yuriy Khomenko has said.

KYIV, Dec 2 – The supply of natural gas to Ukraine from the EU countries in November 2022 amounted to 228 million cubic meters, which is 27.7% less than in October (315.4 million cubic meters), according to the operational data of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU).

KYIV, Dec 3 – Andriy Kobolev, the head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, said he had no plans to step down, following comments from the energy minister that Naftogaz leadership will be reshuffled.

KYIV, Dec 4 – Ukraine’s consumer prices will probably increase 6% on the year in 2019, down from 9.8% hike in 2018 and 13.7% in 2017, in line with the central bank’s plans to keep inflation under control.