KYIV, March 30 – McDonald's Ukraine plans to direct nearly $42 million in investments in 2021 and further active development in the regions, CEO of the company Yulia Badritdinova said at a press conference.

KYIV, March 30 - The return to control over natural gas prices is not only an extremely ineffective way of subsidizing households, but also leads to abuse of resources due to corruption and curbing the implementation of energy efficiency, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman has said.

KYIV, March 30 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Naftogaz Ukrayiny's (Naftogaz) Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B', the outlook is stable, the rating agency said on its website.

KYIV, March 30 – In 2021, total losses of the state budget from illegal turnover of petroleum products may reach UAH 20.6 billion, which will be 10% higher than the same indicator in 2020, the A-95 Consulting Group said during an online presentation of a report on illegal schemes in the Ukrainian market for petroleum products on Tuesday.

KYIV, March 31 – The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has imposed a fine of UAH 4.7 billion on the operators of the filling station network, which are part of the Privat Group, for anticompetitive concerted actions in setting prices for petroleum products.

KYIV, March 31 – The World Bank has raised its projection for Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2021 to 3.8%, while early January it estimated the prospects for recovery at 3%.

KYIV, March 30 – Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine, and Lifecell mobile operators note an increase in voice traffic during the quarantine period.

"The traffic structure has changed a little, which is expected. So, compared with the pre-quarantine week, the use of fixed Internet increased by 20-22%. The volume of voice traffic increased by 17%. And mobile Internet traffic remains at the usual level," Kyivstar's press service told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, March 30 – The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine summoned heads of large filling station chains to explain the distortion between retail prices of petroleum products and the factors that influence pricing, the press service of the committee reported.

KYIV, March 30 – Ukraine’s consumer electronics and computer sales online surged 20% within the first week of quarantine, while brick-and-mortar store sales plunged 54% in the same period, GfK Ukraine reported Monday.

KYIV, March 31 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has extended its contracts with the law firms Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS of Norway and Covington & Burling LLP of the U.S. to accompany disputes with Russia's Gazprom and protect its interests in the framework of the lawsuit for the lost Crimean assets.