KYIV, Aug 2 – The ProZorro public e-procurement system in two years of its operation saved UAH 55.3 billion of budget funds, the press service of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported.

KYIV, Aug 2 – Ending stocks on the currency account of the State Treasury Service as of early August 1 in hryvnia equivalent totaled UAH 20.9 billion, and there is enough liquidity on the account, acting Finance Minister of Ukraine Oksana Markarova has said.

KYIV, Aug 2 – Ukraine’s aircraft producer Antonov on Thursday downplayed reports of its cooperation agreement with a Boeing subsidiary for design and production of a next generation regional jet.

KYIV, Aug 1 – President Petro Poroshenko has said a military unit has received two modernized MiG-29MU1 fighters.

"The Ukrainian military received modernized fighters MiG-29MU1. Two combat aircraft that will strengthen the defense capability of the Ukrainian army are already in one of our military units," Poroshenko said on his Facebook page on Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 2 – Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) from October 25, 2018 will launch direct flights from Kyiv to La Romana (the Dominican Republic) and from December 27 – to Goa (India).

KYIV, Aug 2 - Ukraine produced 26.9 million metric tons of early grain and leguminous crops from an area of 7.4 million hectares (76% of the forecast) as of August 1, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported. The average yield was reported at 36.4 centners per ha.

ODESA, Aug. 2 – The Ukrteplo Group, operating the largest network of biofuel boilers in the country, intends to build a combined heat and power plant (CHPP) with a capacity of 12 MW in Odesa region. The plant will consume agricultural waste.

KYIV, Aug 2 – Ukraine’s budget revenue rose to UAH 447.63 billion in January through June, or up 10.3% compared with original forecast for the period, the State Treasury Service reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 2 – Over 18,000 new state-owned customers joined the ProZorro electronic public procurement system since August 2016, and the number of tenders grew by 550%, to 991,500, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug. 2 – Industrialbank and Express-Bank shareholders at general meetings on Tuesday agreed to merge the two banks into one entity that will continue as Industrialbank, the bank reported Wednesday.