KYIV, Dec 27 – Ukrtransnafta in 2020 would cut capital investment over the strengthening of the hryvnia exchange rate, Director General Mykola Havrylenko told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec. 30 - Gazprom will pay Ukraine at least $7.2 billion over the next five years for shipments of Russian natural gas to Europe, Yuriy Vitrenko, commercial director at Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 29 – The transfer of part of public procurement of medicines to international organizations removes the problem of corruption only at one of the stages on the way of medicines coming to patients, as it does not change the access-to-medicines system in general, and the way out of the situation could be the reimbursement system, the Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM Ukraine) has said.

KIEV. Dec 29 – The non-participation of Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturers in public procurement of medicines via international organizations due to the absence of the WHO prequalification could have seriously damaged the reputation of Ukrainian manufacturers and they would have had to actively protect their reputation, President of the Association Manufactures of Medications of Ukraine (AMMU) Petro Bahriy told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 29 - Imperial Tobacco in Ukraine says that retaining of the ad valorem rate of the excise duty on cigarettes with the increase of the specific rate by 40%, to UAH 318.26 per 1,000 cigarettes is anticompetitive.

KIEV. Dec 29 – State Saving Bank of Ukraine (Oschadbank, Kiev) has said that the bank is the only legal owner of the Sberbank brand on the territory of Ukraine and renaming of public joint-stock company Subsidiary Bank Sberbank of Russia as public joint-stock company Sberbank (Kiev) is unlawful.

KIEV, Dec. 29 – Ukraine's Economic Development and Trade Ministry in connection with measures to be taken by Russia against Ukrainian exports has developed proposals regarding retaliatory sanctions against Russian commodities: import duties on certain Russian goods as of January 2, 2016 and a full ban on certain goods as of January 10.

KIEV, Dec. 29 – The Economic Development and Trade Ministry recommends that companies exporting goods to Russia check the conditions of access and customs clearance rules for goods to be shipped to Russia as of January 1, 2016.

KIEV, Dec. 30 – Tax burden, corruption and the absence of quick actions in conducting reforms were the key barriers for business in 2015, according to the investment attractiveness index study conducted by the European Business Association for Q4 2015.

KIEV, Dec. 30 – The largest bank in Ukraine – PrivatBank (Dnipropetrovsk) – has implemented its additional capitalization program and has enough liquidity to maintain mandatory reserves at the required level, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva said at a year-end press conference in Kiev on Tuesday.