KYIV, March 30 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has proposed amending the rules on interbank transfers in the country in the national currency over amendments made to Ukrainian legislation.

KYIV, March 30 - The share of bad loans in the banking system of Ukraine as of March 1 was 56.2%, which is 0.4 percentage points less than a month earlier, according to data posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, April 2 – The government should improve access to loan for the defense industry in order to facilitate production of modern weapons, the League of Defense Companies of Ukraine said.

HOSTOMEL, March 31 – The An-132D aircraft manufactured by Antonov state corporation successfully completed its first flight on Friday, flying from the airdrome of Sviatoshyne to Hostomel airfield (Kiev region).

DNIPRO, March 31 – The business court of Dnipropetrovsk region has satisfied a claim of Ukraine's State Property Fund seeking to terminate the sale and purchase agreement for the shares in OJSC Dniproavia and return them to the state.

KIEV, April 1 – Gross oilseed harvest in Ukraine in 2015 could be around 15.3 million tons, which is 900,000 tons or 5.9% down on 2014, experts from the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club said.

KIEV, April 1 – Zaporizhstal, part of Metinvest Group, faces an acute shortage of raw materials for production due to hostilities in Donbas, Zaporizhstal Director General Rostyslav Shurma said.

He said that the Ukrainian metal sector is working under very difficult conditions.

KIEV, April 1 – The National Bank of Ukraine continues to target inflation of around 5% a year in the medium-term outlook, the NBU said in on its website, referring to proposals on the revised key principles of monetary and credit policy for 2015.

KIEV, April 2 - DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy holding, has updated the terms of restructuring eurobonds worth $200 million maturing on April 28, 2015.

KIEV, April 2 - Ukraine temporarily banned seven Russian food companies from selling some of their products on Ukrainian territory on Wednesday, in a sign trade tensions between the two countries were worsening since Russia annexed Crimea.