KYIV, Sept 30 – The coronavirus COVID-19 crisis has moderately influenced the activities of insurers, but significantly affected the volume of lending by other non-bank financial institutions, according to the reporting of market players provided to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) regarding the results of the first half of 2020.

KYIV, Oct 1 – Ukraine, one of the world’s largest consumers of liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, has to adjust its policy by encouraging more gasoline usage in order to keep domestic oil refineries busy, an analyst said Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 1 – The number of Ukrainians companies that may have serious liquidity problems has tripled over the past nine months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Anna Brusinets, Associate in the Corporate Ratings Sector at S&P Global Ratings said Wednesday.

KYIV, Oct 1 – Ukraine’s economic contraction this year will be worse than originally expected, and economic recovery next year will be slower than originally thought, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said Thursday.

KYIV, Sept 30 – An annual increase in the number of foreign tourists by at least 500,000 and a twofold increase in the number of Ukrainians traveling outside their region are some of the criteria for the effectiveness of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, according to the government's program of activities through 2024.

KYIV, Sept 30 – The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine has presented the brand of the State in a Smartphone project – the Diya (Action) portal and application.

KYIV, Sept 30 – The Cabinet of Ministers plans to double exports, while reducing the level of import duties for the top 100 product lines in the top 20 export markets by 10%, according to the government's five-year program announced on Monday.

KYIV, Sept 30 – The Cabinet of Ministers sets a goal of raising $50 billion of investment for GDP growth of 40% in five years in the government program, Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has said.

KYIV, Sept 30 – The rental value of farmland with the opening of the market in October 2020 would grow from UAH 1,700 in 2018 to UAH 4,000 per ha by 2024, according to the government's program posted on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.

KYIV, Oct 1 – The Cabinet of Ministers intends by 2025 to increase the share of exchange trading in energy resources in the country to 50%, according to the government's program, the text of which is posted on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.