KYIV, Oct 1 - The Ministry of Economy has published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on a temporary - until the end of 2022 - ban on the export of scrap metal from the country, which has recently been insisted by the Ukrmetalurgprom association.

KYIV, Oct 1 - The Consumer Confidence Index of Ukrainians, after falling by 1.6 points in July, increased by 2.4 points in August - to 73.7 points on a 200-point scale, according to a study by Info Sapiens agency.

BRUSSELS, Sept 30 - The auditors of the European Court of Auditors believe that the European Union can itself develop a list of Ukrainian oligarchs in order to restrict their activity on the European market and prohibit entry into the EU member states.

KYIV, Sept 30 - The loan portfolio of Ukrainian banks in August 2021 increased by 3%, to UAH 1.124 trillion, while the volume of non-performing loans (NPL) decreased by 0.7%, to UAH 393.178 billion, according to reports on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Oct 1 – Russia's Gazprom from October 1, 2021, from the beginning of the new gas day (07:00), has stopped transit of natural gas through Ukraine in the direction of Hungary, the press service of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) has said.

KYIV, Oct 2 – Ukraine on October 1, 2019 resumed commercial import of electricity from the Russian Federation, Ukrenergo transmission system operator has told the Interfax-Ukraine agency.

KYIV, Oct 2 – The Verkhovna Rada has canceled the list of state-owned companies that are not subject to privatization, adopting bill No. 1054-1 as a whole with a further technical and legal revision.

KYIV, Oct 2 – Kyiv's Shevchenkivsky District Court on October 1 ruled to recover UAH 1.539 billion from the former owner of Bank Finance and Credit, Kostiantyn Zhevaho, in favor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to repay the bank's debt on the previously issued refinancing loans, the NBU said on its website.

KYIV, Oct 3 – Head of the energy committee of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Gerus has proposed that the Cabinet of Ministers introduces the special duty on imports of electricity from Russia.

KYIV, Oct 2 – Oxford Economics analysts have improved the forecast for Ukraine's economic growth in 2019 from 2.7% to 3.4% amid a general recovery in the economic situation and the appointment of a new government, but worsened the forecast for 2021-2022.