KYIV, Oct 24 – The Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine predicts an increase in exports of goods and services in 2020 year-on-year of up to 7.8% under a conservative scenario and up to 8.8% under an optimistic scenario.

KYIV, Oct 25 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided from October 25 to lower the refinancing rate to 15.5% per annum from 16.5% per annum, at which it has been since September 6 of this year.

KYIV, Oct. 25 - A Dutch court ruled to freeze $3 billion in assets of South Stream Transport B.V., a Gazprom subsidiary building a natural gas pipeline in the Black Sea, a senior Naftogaz official said Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – Ukraine may lose up to $425 million in annual revenue from natural gas transit if the European Commission decides to let Gazprom boost supplies via a German pipeline to the Czech Republic.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 27 – Continuation of gas transit via Ukraine remains a strategic priority for the European Union in the context of its relations with Russia's Gazprom, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – High-ranking officials in Ukraine have supported a comprehensive program to implement efficiency and safety improvements to the country’s nuclear fleet proposed by Westinghouse Electric Company, Westinghouse said in a press release.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Ukraine will hold a tender to select a new investor for a major shale gas extraction project after Royal Dutch Shell has exited, Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Real wages in Ukraine fell by 18.6% year-on-year in September, rising by 1% from August 2015, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Ukraine will accumulate more than 17.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its underground gas storage facilities by November 1, Energy and Coal Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – Ukrtransgaz has spent UAH 31.345 million on the elimination of the consequences of a blast in the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline in June.