KYIV, Feb 1 – Consumer confidence of Ukrainians in December 2018 improved compared with November by 2.4 points, to 62.2 on a 200-point scale, following the November trend after a significant decline in October 2018, GfK Ukraine has reported on the results of a monthly study, clarifying that from January 2019 it stopped this research project.

KYIV, Feb 1 - The share of vacant space in the market of shopping centers in Kyiv in the fourth quarter of 2018 for the first time in the last two years has stabilized at 3.7%, the press service of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) consulting company in Ukraine has said.

KYIV, Feb 1 - The average price of coal at state-owned coal-mining enterprises in Ukraine in 2019 will grow by 36%, to UAH 4,258 from UAH 3,135 per ton, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported.

KYIV, Feb 1 - The Ministry of Economy and Finance of France has allocated a grant of EUR 560,000 to Ukraine to finance a joint project of Ukrenergo and RTE International for the implementation of Ukraine's first energy storage system, the press service of the Ukrainian company has reported.

KYIV, Feb 1 – The Kyiv City Council at a meeting on Thursday approved the tourism fee rate in the amount of 0.4% of the minimum wage for Ukrainian tourists and 1% of the minimum wage for foreign tourists.

KYIV, Feb 4 – The Big Three of mobile communications operators has said that the local databases for mobile number portability (MNP) are ready and they are ready to start inter-operator tests.

KYIV, Feb 4 – The state nuclear generating company Energoatom signed a contract to supply spare parts for diesel generators for the Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant (NPP) for UAH 80 million with Wartsila France (the French division of Finland's Wartsila).

KYIV, Feb 1 – The sales of new cars in Ukraine in January this year increased by 40.6% compared to the same month in 2017, to 6,620 units, which was a new post-crisis record for this month, according to AUTO-Consulting.

KYIV, Feb 1 - The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry proposed the Cabinet of Ministers to allow the transfer of 90% of Nadra Yuzivska's rights and liabilities in the production sharing agreement (PSA) on Yuzivska shale gas deposit (Kharkiv and Donetsk regions) to Yuzgaz B.V.

KYIV, Feb 1 - The Cabinet of Ministers expects the launch of the Export Credit Agency (ECA) by June 2018, according to the website of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.