KYIV, Aug 29 – The Polish oil concern Orlen, which owns the manager of the Mazeikiai refinery Orlen Lietuva, sold products to consumers headquartered in Ukraine in the first half of 2023 for PLN 2.292 billion ($513.1 million at the current exchange rate), which 61.9% more than in the first half of 2022.

KYIV, Aug 30 – Mining and metallurgical group Metinvest, within the framework of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front initiative, has launched the production of engineering structures that fully replicate the appearance of radar stations and artillery pieces.

KYIV, Aug 30 – The consumer price index below 15% and holding the spread between the cash and the official hryvnia exchange rate to the U.S. dollar below 5% are short-term indicators of the implementation of the Financial Sector Development Strategy during the resistance to Russian aggression, published by regulators on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 30 - Metinvest mining and metallurgical group will invest in a logistics center in Poland in order to increase the supply of Ukrainian metal products for export, the company's CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov said in an interview with the leading Polish business publication Business Insider.

KYIV, Aug 30 – The first two companies for which privatization auctions have been announced since the beginning of the war were the Marylivka and Kobylovoloky distilleries of the Ukrspyrt State Enterprise in Ternopil region, the State Property Fund (SPF) reported on Monday evening.

KYIV, Aug 30 – Since the beginning of the war, the receivables of shopping and entertainment centers (SEC) have increased by 10-60% depending on the location, project quality and management, Yevhenia Loktionova, director of the Ukrainian Trade Guild (UTG), has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 30 – European companies should start buying Russian natural gas at the borer between Ukraine and Russia to make sure that gas transit continues through Ukrainian pipelines through 2035, Naftogaz Ukrayiny chief Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Aug 27 – J.P. Morgan has downgraded the forecast of real GDP growth in Ukraine in 2021 to 4.5% from 5.6% in the April forecast, while in 2022 the country's economy is expected to grow by 5%, follows from the materials EMEA Emerging Markets report, which is available to Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 27 – President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday signed the bill on measures aimed at overcoming the crisis and ensuring financial stability in the natural gas market (No. 3508-d), which was adopted by parliament and submitted for signature to the head of state on July 29, 2021, according to the website of the parliament.

KYIV, Aug 27 – The Kyiv Investment Forum, which will be held on September 10, 2021, will be dedicated to the smart development of Kyiv region and its creative transformation, said mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko.