KYIV, Feb 28 – The Cabinet of Ministers has supported the quota for the immigration of 5,000 highly qualified specialists from abroad for employment in Ukrainian IT companies, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov reported on his Telegram channel.

KYIV, Feb 28 – Guaranteeing the coal market by the state for coalmines and payments for the products would allow solving the problem of debts of coalmines, Deputy Energy and Environmental Protection Minister of Ukraine Stanislav Kovalevsky said.

KYIV, Feb 28 – Zaporizhstal metallurgical plant, one of Ukraine’s largest steelmakers, reduced natural gas consumption by 240 million cubic meters (mcm) in 2017 through 2019 via swap in secondary gases with Zaporizhkoks.

KIEV, March 2 - A company controlled by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, said on March 2 that the seizure of some of its assets by Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country is "unacceptable," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.

KIEV, Feb. 28 - Nova Scotia (Canada) could be the place to start a new model of Ukraine's Cyclone 4 medium class launcher designed by Yuzhnoye (Pivdenne) Design Bureau (Dnipro), Canada's SpaceQ reported.

KIEV, Feb. 28 - The Illich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, part of the Metinvest Group, estimates its losses from the blockade of rail lines leading to Donbas at UAH 4 million ($148,000) a day, plant CEO Yuriy Zinchenko said.

KIEV, March 2 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has appealed to the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) with a request for leave to intervene in the case initiated by Poland's PGNiG Supply & Trading (PGNiG ST), which challenges the decision of the European Commission of 28 October 2016 related to the OPAL pipeline. The decision effectively enables Russia's Gazprom to significantly increase the use of OPAL capacity and deliver more gas through the Nord Stream pipeline.

KIEV, March 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine has relaxed the procedure for purchasing foreign currency by clients of banks and sending funds abroad to nonresidents.

KIEV, March 1 – Head of the National Commission of Ukraine for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) Dmytro Vovk forecasts that the so-called social price of gas for households – a discounted price for the first 200 cubic meters of gas consumed by households during the heating season – will be increased by 53%, or UAH 1,900, to UAH 5,500 per 1,000 cubic meters with VAT from April 1, 2016.

KIEV, March 1 – The surplus of Ukraine's balance of payment in January 2016 reached $120 million, while a year ago its deficit was $890 million, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.