KYIV, Aug 23 - The level of shadow economy in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2018 decreased by 4 percentage points compared to the same period in 2017, to 33% of GDP, according to a report on general trends in the shadow economy, published by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade in Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 23 - The volume of construction work in Ukraine in July increased by 17.3% on the year compared with July 2016, while the growth in June from June 2016 was 31.9%, the State Statistics Service reported.

KYIV, Aug 22 – Ukraine’s industrial production in July declined by 2.6% year-over-year, against a 3.8% rise in June from June 2016 and a 1.2% rise in May from May 2016, the State Statistics Service reported.

KYIV, Aug 22 – The number of mobile communications subscribers in Ukraine as of July 1, 2017 totaled 55.72 million, which is 1.7% less than as of early 2017 and July 1, 2016, the State Statistics Service has reported.

MOSCOW, Aug 22 - Russia annually supplies about 10 million tons of coal to Ukraine and expects to retain that market, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky told reporters on Monday.

KYIV, Aug 22 – Oil and gas companies showed the fastest growth in 2016 among 94 largest state-owned enterprises in Ukraine, boosting net revenue by 46.8% year-over-year, to UAH 192.9 billion, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said in a report.

KYIV. Aug 23 – The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) accused Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash of running illegal tax evasion operation via a number of shell companies on the insurance market.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – In the early hours of Thursday morning, an explosion occurred outside a branch of PJSC Subsidiary Bank Sberbank of Russia (Kiev, Sberbank Group) located on Peremohy Avenue, however no one was injured in the blast.

"Today at 03:00 a blast was heard outside one of the bank branches on Peremohy Avenue. The security guards reported that signaling worked," the press service of Main Department of Interior Ministry in Kiev city reported.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Kyivenergo, as part of its modernization plan, will ensure that Energia incineration plant will become a fully functional pumped storage power plant running on alternative energy by the end of 2018.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The State Financial Inspectorate has checked the contract of state enterprise Ukrinterenergo with Russia's Inter RAO UES on purchases of electricity and has said that infringements have been revealed.