KIEV, Sept. 25 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Gaz Ukrayiny last week signed amicable agreements with Ostchem Group on the debt payment schedule and conditions to resume gas supplies to chemical enterprises of the group approved in court rulings.

KIEV, Sept. 25 – Ukrinbank is holding talks on selling 25% of the bank's shares to a foreign investor, which is one of the conditions for raising funds from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the bank reported on its website.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine has forecast that economic activity in the country will gradually be restored as the indicators in the third quarter are positive and are expected to continue in the fourth quarter, which is corroborated by the NBU's liberalized monetary policy.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine has monitored the operation of bank Finance and Credit every day after its status as a troubled bank was lifted on August 27 until the bank was declared insolvent on September 17, and the rumors on alleged splitting transactions or other transactions on the removal of funds from the bank are untrue, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

KIEV, Sept. 25 – Ukroboronprom State Concern believes that active raising of private capital for the defense sector and boosting industrial cooperation with foreign partners are the key instruments which will reform the defense industry, Ukroboronprom head Roman Romanov said.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - The Dunapack-Tavria corrugated cardboard packaging plant in Tsiuriupinsk (Kherson region), the building of which was resumed this year by Austrian investor Prinzhorn Holding, is being created to mainly satisfy the demand of global companies like Heinz and Coca-Cola for high-quality packaging, reads a report published in Austria's Wirtschafts Blatt newspaper.

KIEV, Sept. 27 – The National Bank of Ukraine said it increased its gold reserves by 220,000 ounces, to 1.12 million ounces, in January-August.

In August, the NBU bought 60,000 ounces, in July – 10,000 ounces, in May – 70,000 ounces, and 40,000 ounces in each of March and April.

KIEV, Sept. 27 - Ukraine plans to introduce duties on imports of gasoline and diesel fuel starting December 1 in a bid to restart domestic oil refineries, Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko said in a report.

MINSK, Sept. 26 – Belarus imported 1.333 billion kW hours of electric power from Ukraine in January-August, which was 32.6% less year-on-year, according to a monthly Fuel and Energy Ministry monitoring report.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – A total of UAH 8.9 billion will be needed to build a subway line to Troyeschyna residential area in Kiev and it will take over five years to realize the project, Kiev Metropoliten told Interfax-Ukraine.