MOSCOW, April 4 - Transit of Russian gas through Ukraine will drop by up to 90% after the launch of the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream gas pipelines, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Channel One.

KYIV, April 4 – Lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) becomes a driver of the banking market, Deputy Board Chairperson of the bank Globus Olena Dmitriyeva said at a roundtable organized by the Financial Club in Kyiv on Tuesday.

KYIV, April 3 – The development of the air transportation market in Ukraine in the future would require the creation of favorable conditions for development of flights using the low cost model both by Ukrainian and foreign airlines through all regional airports of the country, as well as stimulation of existing Ukrainian and foreign airlines to increase flow and cut fares.

KYIV, April 3 – According to preliminary estimates, the cost of the spring sowing campaign in Ukraine would be around UAH 4,000 per ha this year, which is 10% more than in 2017, First Deputy Agricultural Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Maksym Martyniuk has said.

KYIV, April 3 – The national energy company Ukrenergo believes that in the conditions of rampant development of renewable energy, highly maneuverable balancing facilities (battery and gas reciprocating power plants) with a capacity of 2.5 GW should be built in Ukraine before 2025, Ukrenergo Head Vsevolod Kovalchuk said Tuesday.

KYIV, April 4 – The Nova Poshta company, the leader in express delivery in Ukraine, will receive a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for construction of a parcel sorting terminal in Khmelnytsky.

KYIV, April 4 – The implementation of an initiative of Ukrtatnafta to introduce quotas for imported petrol and diesel duel from May 1, 2018 would result in growing prices for all types of consumers, the A-95 consulting group said.

KIEV, April 4 - Slowdown in the adoption of the law on the electricity market (No. 4493) will have a number of negative consequences for Ukraine, including a delay with the issue of EUR600 million of the third tranche of EU macro-financial assistance, First Secretary of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Hernandez said.

KIEV, April 4 - The World Bank has maintained a moderate forecast for the growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product in 2017 at a rate of 2%, World Bank Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Satu Kahkonen said at a briefing in Kiev.

KIEV, April 4 – The owners of a significant share in Tedis Ukraine, the largest tobacco distributor in Ukraine, Richard Duxbury and Richard Dorian Fenhalls (citizens of Britain), have protested the illegality of recent government moves against their company and asked the country's leadership to protect the interests of foreign investors and their business in Ukraine.