KIEV, July 26 - Ukroboronprom state concern in 2016 ranked 62nd in the annual rating of the Top 100 of the world's defense companies composed by the U.S. specialized edition Defense News.

KIEV, July 26 – The total state and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in June 2017 increased by $330 million, to $75.01 billion, the Ministry of Finance said on its website.

KIEV, July 27 – Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said Ukraine International Airlines owes UAH 400 million to the government and should repay the debt as soon as possible.

KIEV, July 27 - The European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering the issue of a EUR 130 million to Ukrenergo for modernization of substations, according to the website of the financial institution.

KIEV, July 27 - ENGIE Energy Management Ukraine LLC has applied for a license to supply natural gas in Ukraine in a move that will bring one of the biggest European gas traders in Ukraine.

KIEV, July 27 - The growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) in Ukraine in January-June 2017 amounted to 2.5% plus or minus 0.3 percentage points, according to data released by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

KIEV, July 26 – Dnipro-based PrivatBank, Ukraine's largest bank, plans to consider an increase in charter capital at the expense of part of its profit and undistributed profit as of the end of 2015.

KIEV, July 26 - Kiev prosecutors and agents from the SBU Security Service are conducting searches in the premises of state-run Boryspil Airport as part of a criminal investigation into large-scale embezzlement of budget funds during state procurements.

KIEV, July 26 - Ukraine's State Fiscal Service is planning to launch the digital control system of payment of excise duty as well as the traceability of the origin and movement of excisable products in the tobacco industry in 2017.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukrainian airlines saw a 19.4% rise in passenger transportation in January-June year-over-year, to 3.26 million people.

According to the State Aviation Service, 28 Ukrainian airlines that serviced 34,100 commercial flights operated on the passenger and cargo transportation market in H1. Some 17 Ukrainian airlines were involved in passenger transportation last year.