KYIV, Feb 3 – Russia’s Gazprom paid the Ukrainian gas pipeline operator for shipping 5.52 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe in January, but moved only 2.55 Bcm, Serhiy Makogon, the head of GTSOU, reported.

KYIV, Feb 3 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has agreed to return UAH 15 billion worth of natural gas kept in underground gas storage facilities to Ukrnafta, ending years of dispute between the two companies, Naftogaz director Yuriy Vitrenko said Monday.

KYIV, Feb 3 – Ukraine fell massively short on budget revenue targets in January following the hryvnia’s steep appreciation against U.S. dollar and due to w3eak natural gas prices, the Finance Ministry reported Monday.

KYIV, Feb 1 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reviewed downwards the assessment of growth of real GDP of the country in 2018 to 3.3% from 3.4%, according to a posting on the website of the central bank.

KYIV, Jan 31 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has predicted the placement of $2 billion in eurobonds by the country in 2019, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Dmytro Sologub said.

KYIV, Feb 1 – The surplus of Ukraine's balance of payment in 2018 grew by 12.1% compared with the previous year, to $2.88 billion, according to preliminary data published by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Jan 31 – Ukrainian agricultural exports to the EU countries in 2018 increased by 8.7% compared to the same period last year, to $6.3 billion.

According to the report on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, traditionally the top five trade partners of Ukraine in the field of agriculture among the EU countries included the Netherlands, to which Ukrainian goods worth $1.2 billion were exported last year, Spain with $1.04 million, Italy with $737.9 million, Germany with $667.4 million, and Poland with $656.7 million.

KYIV, Jan 31 - Deloitte Touche Japan and Green Power Development Japan (both based in Japan) are interested in building solar power plants with the capacity of up to 1.2 GW in the Chornobyl exclusion zone.

KYIV, Jan 31 - The number of Ukrainian households that installed solar panels in 2018 more than tripled (by 4,500) and reached 7,500, the total installed equipment capacity is almost 160 MW.

KYIV, Jan 31 - Ukrainian enterprises in 2018 increased consumption of rolled metal goods by 6.36% compared with 2017, to 5.368 million tons, according to the Ukrmetalurgprom association.