KYIV, July 2 - The Business Activity Expectations Index, calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), rose to 51.6 in June from 50.5 in May, according to a survey of enterprises conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine and published on the website of the regulator.

KYIV, July 3 – Canada's Vermilion Energy jointly with a Ukrainian company (Ukrgazvydobuvannia) has won the right to develop three oil and gas fields in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

KYIV, July 3 – Parliament approved a bill that is aimed at helping banks overcome problems and restart lending to businesses across the country, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, July 3 – Ukraine will crack down on companies and entrepreneurs that resort to illegal cutting of trees, logging and transportation in a bid to stop rampant deforestation in its western regions.

KIEV, July 3 – Ukraine recorded a surplus of the balance of payments in May for the second consecutive month, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Friday.

The surplus dropped to $357 million in May from $970 million in April, the NBU said.

KIEV, July 3 - The share of shadow economy in Ukraine dropped to 34% of GDP in 2016, down by 6 percentage points, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade REPORTED.

KIEV, July 4 - The starting price of licenses for the launch of a 4G network in Ukraine is estimated at 6.3 billion hryvnias, Oleksandr Zhyvotovsky, the head of the National Commission for Communications Regulation (NCCR), said.

KIEV, July 4 - The key branches production index of Ukraine in May 2017 increased by 4.1% after a slight decline in April, and in general for the five months it grew by 2.4%, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported.

KIEV, July 4 - The largest recipient of VAT refunds in June 2017 was again Kernel-Trade with UAH 711.1 billion (in May some UAH 689.4 million), the State Treasury Service has said.

KIEV, July 4 – Ukraine’s prosecutor’s general office launched criminal investigation into former owners and managers that had driven the country’s largest bank Privatbank into bankruptcy, a senior official said Tuesday.