KYIV, July 27 – Gazprom’s position gas transit via Ukraine will continue after 2024 only if EU companies buy additional volumes of gas confirms that Russia is using gas as a geopolitical weapon against Ukraine and the EU, Naftogaz CEO Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, July 27 – The ICU investment group expects a slowdown in the fall of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in June to 8% compared to the same period in 2019 due to improved indicators in industry and trade, the head of the group's macroeconomic research department Serhiy Nikolaychuk said on Monday.

KYIV, July 27 – Ukraine and Egypt may work to expand cooperation in the space sector, including jointly building satellites and modernize ground-based flight control base, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office reported.

KYIV, July 24 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will grant Novus Ukraine LLC with a long-term $100 million loan for the extension of its supermarket chain and the construction of a logistics center in Kyiv.

KYIV, July 24 – Energoatom has received from the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) a EUR 100 million tranche of a loan allocated for the implementation of a program of safety measures at power units of nuclear power plants (NPP), the company said on Friday.

KYIV, July 24 – Ukraine, through a new issue of eurobonds for $2 billion maturing in 2033, will buy back eurobonds for a par amount of $434.819 million and $371.341 million maturing in 2021 and 2022 respectively at a price of 104.5% and 105.5% of par value.

KYIV, July 24 – The World Bank in Ukraine expresses deep concern over the fire in the house of Vitaliy Shabunin, the head of the board of Anti-Corruption Center public organization, and calls on the Ukrainian authorities to ensure an impartial and prompt investigation.

KYIV, July 26 – The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has amended the projected balance of electricity of Ukraine for 2018, revising upwards expectations about generation of electricity by hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) and intermittent power plants.

KYIV, July 26 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has said that RGC (Regional Gas Company) is trying to divert public attention from illegal gas pumping by companies that are part of the group.

KYIV, July 26 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said the country is ready to put 44 fields with 150 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas stocks up for electronic auctions.