KYIV, May 2 - The consumer confidence of Ukrainians improved in March: The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) equals 57.7, which is 2.3 points higher than the indicator in February 2018, according to a study of GfK Ukraine.

KYIV, May 2 – Ukraine in January-March 2018 increased goods exports with the European Union (EU) countries by 17.7% year-over-year, to $8.581 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said on its website.

KIEV, April 28 – Ukraine ’s key 2017 goals are to start pension reform, land reform, large-scale privatization and sectoral reforms in healthcare and education, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

KIEV, May 3 – Ukraine has to switch to electrical residential heating to reduce natural gas imports and to save on infrastructure, Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Grigorishin said Wednesday.

KIEV, May 3 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $150 million loan for the Access to Long Term Finance Project that will support Ukraine’s export-oriented small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

KIEV, May 3 – Ukrainian working overseas transferred $567 million into Ukraine in the first quarter, up 4.2% from the same quarter a year ago, the National Bank of Ukraine reported Wednesday.

KIEV, May 3 – Ukraine ’s cooperation with multinational financial agencies and plans to reform the economy mitigate the country’s structural weaknesses and high debt, Fitch Ratings reported Wednesday.

KIEV, April 29 – Ukrainian-Chinese cooperation should be planned at the strategic level, and it is time for Kiev and Beijing to start a dialog on the creation of a free-trade area between the countries, Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Zhang Xiyun said.

KIEV, April 29 – Ukraine's Economic Development and Trade Ministry said that Moldova's decision to impose quotas on imports of Ukrainian meat and dairy goods and cement is discriminatory.

KIEV, May 3 – Russian natural gas was 15.4% more expensive in April compared with European gas, which remains the only source of Ukraine’s gas imports, a senior official at Naftogaz Ukrayiny said Tuesday.