KIEV, Feb. 29 – Remittances outflow from Ukraine fell by 33% in 2015, to $431 million in the equivalent, and remittances inflow to Ukraine decreased by 35%, to $2.526 billion in equivalent, Deputy Director of the payment systems department at the National Bank of Ukraine Olena Makhayeva said at the conference entitled "Innovations and Security of Remittance systems and Online Payments."

KIEV, Feb. 26 - Ukrainian banks will begin the mass production of PayPass contactless payment cards in 2013, MasterCard Europe Director General in Ukraine Vira Platonova said.

KIEV, Feb. 26 – Consumer sentiment in Ukraine in January 2013 deteriorated in comparison with December 2012, according to a monthly survey by GfK Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 27 - Ukraine is looking to bring the World Bank on board to help finance the modernization of the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod trunk gas pipeline, the overall price tag on which is an estimated $1.024 billion.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – The Ukrainian government expects another visit of a mission of the International Monetary Fund in late March to continue the discussion on the stand-by arrangement with Ukraine, Economic Development and Trade Minister Ihor Prasolov said.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – Ukraine's real GDP in January 2013 fell by around 0.5% compared to January 2012, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

"The pace of real GDP in January 2013 was in line with the pace of the basic sector production index. The statistics, analysis and projection department said that the fall in real GDP slowed, to some 0.5% year-over-year," reads the report.

LVIV, Feb. 27 – Lviv regional council has not obtained a draft agreement from Chevron on the extraction of shale gas, and the council is not ready to agree it.

KIEV, Feb. 27 - Gaz Ukrayina, a well-connected Ukrainian gasoline trader, is close to acquiring Lukoil Odessa oil refinery, a newspaper reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – The Ukrainian government will soon ensure the resumption of operation of five idle industrial enterprises in the country: two ferroalloy plants, two oil refineries and Karpatnaftokhim, Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boyko said at an extended cabinet meeting with the participation of the Ukrainian president in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – Ukraine still thinks that the 3+1 formula is the most acceptable mode for its cooperation with the Customs Union, Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara has said.

"The 3+1 format is the most acceptable form of cooperation with the Customs Union for Ukraine, in which our state could participate by creating a free trade area with the Customs Union and joining in some of its agreements in some spheres, taking into account interests of all sides, without exceptions," the minister said.