KIEV, Jan. 31 - Aker Kvaerner, Norway's heavy machinery group, completed modernization of a floating oil drilling and producing platform, Tavrida, for Ukraine's oil and gas producer ChornomorNaftoGaz, the Ukrainian company said Monday.

KYIV, Dec 30 - Ukraine exported goods for $41 billion in 2024, which is 13.4%, or $4.94 billion, more than last year, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko.

KYIV, Dec 30 – Interventions by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on the interbank market reached a record high this past week, amounting to $1.6259 billion – the largest since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, according to statistics from the central bank.

KYIV, Dec 30 – The largest mobile operator in Ukraine, Kyivstar, signed an agreement with the SpaceX division Starlink to introduce groundbreaking direct-to-cell satellite connectivity in Ukraine, which provides communication for smartphones in the absence of conventional operator coverage – using a satellite signal.

KYIV, Dec 30 – The State Road Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) in 2020-2021 eliminated 28 places of concentration of road accidents, and by 2024 plans to eliminate all dangerous places on the roads, according to the Facebook page of the presidential program Great Construction.

KYIV, Dec 29 - The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Wednesday approved a plan for of the development of nuclear industrial complex through 2026 that calls for the 100% provision of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPP) with uranium of own production, starting from 2027.

KYIV, Dec 26 – EssilorLuxottica French-Italian holding, a large player on the global eye-glass, optic equipment market, could acquire Luxoptica, the largest Ukrainian eye-glass network with 176 shops, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has reported.

KYIV, Dec 26 – Dragon Capital Investments Limited (Cyprus) is acquiring 64.7106% of shares in Ukraine's Idea Bank (Lviv), according to the bank.

KYIV, Dec 27 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on December 26 received writ of execution and applied to the State Executive Service to execute the decision of the Shevchenkivsky District Court of October 1, 2019 to recover UAH 1.539 billion from the former owner of Bank Finance and Credit, Kostiantyn Zhevaho, in favor of the National Bank, according to the regulator's website.

KYIV, Dec 27 – Director General of Ukrtransnafta Mykola Havrylenko has said that it is unlikely that oil pumping to Belarus on the Odesa-Brody-Mozyr route will start earlier than 2022.