KYIV, Dec 21 – Ukraine in 2018 plans to increase the share of nuclear fuel purchase from Westinghouse for its nuclear power plants (NPPs) from 40% to 55%, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk said.

KIEV, Dec. 26 - Ukraine and Spain are developing bilateral cooperation in the space sector and preparing a program of partnership in the field of Earth remote sensing (RS).

KIEV, Dec. 26 – The price of a pack of cigarettes in Ukraine will grow by UAH 4-5 after the increase of excise duties by 40% in 2017, representatives of tobacco companies have said.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Despite the demise of PrivatBank, Ukraine's major ferroalloy enterprises, Nikopol and Zaporizhia ferroalloy plants, as well as Ordzhonikidze and Marhanets mining and processing enterprises (OGOK and MGOK, both based in Dnipropetrovsk region), which produce and enrich manganese ore and are part of Privat Group, continue their work in accordance with the production plan, according to a trade group official.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Odessa Port-Side Plant is experiencing hardship today due to the unfavorable situation on the global fertilizer market, ineffective management and using of the facility for corruption purposes and for various frauds, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Etalon Corporation seeks to start supplying Tulpan 10-meter buses meeting Euro 6 emission standards designed jointly with DAF to Eastern Europe in Q3 or Q4 2017, Etalon President Volodymyr Butko said.

KIEV, Dec. 26 – Parliament has decided to increase the fee for the use of radio frequency spectrum for the needs of mobile communications in the ranges 2,300-2,400 MHz and 2,500-2,690 MHz from UAH 40.92 to UAH 3,000 per MHz.

KIEV, Dec. 23 - The Cabinet of Ministers has proposed that Parliament impose in 2015 an annual tax of UAH 25,000 on luxury cars (with a diesel engine of over 2.5 liters and with a gasoline engine of over 3 liters, and not older than five years).

KIEV, Dec. 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine, banking associations, banks with large amounts of foreign currency mortgage loans issued to individuals, and coordinators of borrowers' groups have agreed a memorandum to regulate the restructuring of consumer loans in foreign currency, the NBU said.

KIEV, Dec. 25 – Private gas producing companies consider the government's initiative to introduce increased royalties for gas production by private firms in 2015, fixed at 55% and 20% depending on the depth of gas wells, to be extremely dangerous.