KIEV, Nov. 2 – The surplus of Ukraine's consolidated balance of payments in September fell to $348 million from $513 million in August, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – The Antimonopoly Committee plans to finish an investigation into the operation of Russia's Gazprom regarding gas transit issues before early 2016, Committee Chairman Yuriy Terentyev said.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – Medicine procurement by international organizations should not restrict the opportunities of Ukrainian manufacturers, whose products are to comprise 25% of public procurement, to participate in tenders, Director General of Interchem double liability company (Odessa) Anatoliy Reder has said.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – Investigators of the Chief Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry have arrested UAH 2.6 billion held in accounts belonging to individuals and companies at public joint-stock company National Bank for Development (VBR), which belongs to the son of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, Oleksandr Yanukovych, as part of a criminal investigation into officials of the bank, Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov has said.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – If Russia fails to cut its natural gas prices, Ukraine will switch to importing all of its gas needs from Europe in the first quarter of 2016, Andriy Kobolev, the head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 31 – Kyivenergo has asked the Cabinet of Ministers and the National Commission for Energy and Housing and Utilities Services Regulation to find funds to buy fuel oil for the capital, Kyivenergo Director General Oleksandr Fomenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – The European Commission has extended tariff quotas for Ukrainian agricultural products until December 31, 2015, according to the Official Journal of the European Union.

KIEV, Nov. 3 - Westinghouse Electric Company won a contract to supply advanced safety systems for two units of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhia NPP, according to the company’s report.

KIEV, Oct. 31 - Ukraine favors the preservation of the currently existing regulations entitling Ukrainian and Russian citizens to cross the Ukrainian-Russian border with internal passports as well as foreign travel documents, but it is prepared to consider Russia's initiatives on the matter.

KIEV, Oct. 31 – Ukraine has brought over 250 standards in food safety into line with European law, First Deputy Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Ivan Bisiuk said.