KYIV, June 27 – The Cabinet of Ministers has expanded a list of goods from the Russian Federation on which embargo is imposed from July 1, 2019, including raw materials for cement (clinkers) and all kinds of ready cement, mineral (nitrogenous, potassium, phosphorous) fertilizers, foodstuff for animals and veterinary medicines.

KYIV, June 27 – Changes to the national construction standards on designing of parking areas on trafficable roofs of shopping and entertainment centers will take effect from July 1, 2019, the press service of Deputy Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Minister Lev Partskhaladze has reported.

KYIV, June 27 – Embargo on imports of potash and phosphate fertilizers from July 1 would result in their shortage on the Ukrainian market, according to advisor of the Ukrainian Agrarian Council for cooperation with public authorities Dmytro Kokhan.

KYIV, June 27 – National energy company Ukrenergo will continuously submit and update the data in the ENTSO-E platform on the power system's load, capacity and balancing.

KYIV, June 27 – The Cabinet of Ministers approved Ukrenergo power grid to obtain EUR 149 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to modernize power lines , the Finance Ministry reported on Thursday.

KYIV, June 28 - Energoatom and Ukrhydroenergo on June 27 on the Ukrainian Energy Exchange sold first electricity for implementing public service obligations (PSO) to supply electricity to households in the new model of the wholesale electricity market at auctions.

KYIV, June 27 – The operator of the gas transmission system (GTS) Ukrtransgaz has signed an agreement with ERU Trading LLC on restructuring of UAH 1.47 billion debt for supply of gas for industrial and technological needs, writing off accrued penalties and addressing mutual challenges, the press service of Ukrtransgaz has reported.

KIEV, July 1 - State enterprise Pivdenne Design Bureau (Dnipropetrovsk) is working on a plan to establish cooperation with the United States in building rocket engines, Pivdenne CEO and Chief Designer Oleksandr Dehtiarev said.

SIMFEROPOL, June 27 - Exports to the European Union accounted for 10.2% of the total foreign sales of Crimea in the first quarter of 2014, the Crimean Ministry of Economics said on Friday, two days after the EU imposed a ban on all imports from Crimea unapproved by the Ukrainian government.

KIEV, July 1 – The foreign tourist inflow to Kiev since early 2014 has plunged by around 35-40% due to the unstable situation in the capital and Ukraine, and the number of tourists from Europe and Russia fell by 50% and 30% respectively, the head of the tourism organization of the tourism department of Kiev City Administration Leonid Matveyev said.