KYIV, Aug 29 – Real wages in Ukraine in July 2017 grew by 17.2% from July 2016 but decreased by 0.5% from June 2017, the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 30 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman on Wednesday called for development of the country’s logistics potential to benefit from its strategic geography between Asia and Europe.

KYIV, Aug 29 – Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s power grid, will seek an international adviser to file a lawsuit against the Russian Federation in connection with the illegal seizure of the company's assets as a result of the annexation of Crimea, Vsevolod Kovalchuk, the head of Ukrenergo, said.

KYIV, Aug 31 – The Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine would help Ukrainian pipe manufacturers to receive access to foreign markets of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), especially Kazakhstan and Belarus.

KYIV, Aug 31 - Moody's Investors Service has taken rating actions on six Ukrainian banks. These follow the recent improvement in the creditworthiness of the Government of Ukraine, reflected in Moody's upgrade of Ukraine's sovereign bond rating to Caa2, with a positive outlook, from Caa3 (stable outlook) on August 25,2017, Moody's said in a press release on Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 31 – Ukraine is discussing a project to raise a $250 million loan to build the central spent nuclear fuel storage facility with the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has said.

KYIV, Aug 30 - Vienna's Regional Court on August 29 rejected a request from the Spanish law-enforcement agencies to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, the Austrian Kurier daily newspaper reported on Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 31 – Around 300 companies from 11 countries will exhibit own projects in the defense and security sector at the 14th international exhibition Arms and Security 2017 to he held in Kyiv on October 10 through October 13.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development could provide state-controlled Oschadbank with up to EUR50 million under the Trade Facilitation Program, facilitating the commercialization of the bank and its preparation for privatization.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade is conducting a survey of enterprises, institutions, organizations and other interested parties involving problems in trading and economic relations with the Russian Federation in order to again raise these issues with the World Trade Organization.