KYIV, Dec 3 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched a EUR 400 million project to provide long-term financing for small and medium enterprises in the agricultural sector of Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 4 – Parliament approved a bill that provides tax break to a new gas pipeline operating company for obtaining assets as part of gas unbundling commitments undertaken by Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 4 – Mastercard and Rakuten Viber, in partnership with NeoPay and Edenlab, have launched the Moneytou money transfer service in Ukraine, which allows transfering money directly during communication in the Viber application without information about the card number.

KYIV, Dec 3 – Parliament approved a bill that cancel the government’s monopoly on alcohol production in Ukraine, opening up the sector for privatization that would boost economic growth.

KYIV, Nov 30 - The Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) estimates the volume of the illegal taxi market in Ukraine at 93-98% with the market volume being UAH 40 billion a year, head of the Infrastructure sector at BRDO Vladyslav Prytomanov has said during the round table "The taxi services market" in Kyiv.

KYIV, Nov 30 – Ukraine in January-October 2018 increased natural gas production by 0.3% (by 49.5 million cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2017, to 17.304 billion cubic meters, the source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 30 – The National Commission for the State Regulation of Energy, Housing and Utilities Services (NCER) has postponed the term for launching daily gas balancing from December 1, 2018 until March 1, 2019.

KYIV, Dec 3 - The debt of Ukrainian households for utilities services in October 2018 decreased by 9% from September 2018 and amounted to UAH 31.2 billion (excluding electricity).

KYIV, Dec 3 – The national Energy Company Ukrenergo has launched second 750/330 kV 999 MVA autotransformer at the Kyivska 750 kV substation, the press service of the enterprise has reported.

KYIV, Dec 3 – Ukrainian agricultural exports to the European Union countries in January-October 2018 grew by 1.3% year-over-year, to $4.7 billion, according to a posting on the website of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine.