KYIV, Oct 26 – The state-owned Oschadbank (Kyiv) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed a mandate letter on terms of future cooperation, the press service of the Ministry of Finance said.

KYIV, Oct 26 – The consumer confidence index (CCI) of Ukrainians, after rising by 2.4 points in August, fell by 4.5 points in September, to 73.7 points on a 200-point scale, according to research by Info Sapiens.

KYIV, Oct 23 – The World Bank is initiating a comprehensive study of the development of public electric transport infrastructure in Ukraine to clarify the real needs of the market, World Bank representatives said at a meeting with Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy.

KYIV, Oct 23 – More than 60 enterprises of the state concern Ukroboronprom in the process of transformation will be reorganized into nine holding companies in the following areas: six will become part of the future state-owned holding company Defense Systems of Ukraine, three – part of Aerospace Systems, Deputy Prime Minister for Strategic Industries Oleh Urusky said.

KYIV, Oct 26 – The State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving together with the Ministry of Energy and the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (BAU) has developed a bill on exemption of bioenergy enterprises from the payment of tax on CO2 emissions.

KYIV, Oct 26 – Zaporizhia aluminum mill ZAlK after a long idle period has started smelting aluminum from secondary metals, an industry source said Monday.

"Today, 300 kg of aluminum have been smelted from secondary raw materials – aluminum scrap," the Interfax-Ukraine's source said.

KYIV, Oct 26 – The share of banks expecting loan portfolio quality deterioration in the next 12 months decreased to 19% for the corporate segment and to 25% for consumer lending, while in the second quarter this indicator was 44% and 52% respectively, according to the results of the Bank Lending survey conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), which is posted on the regulator's website.

KYIV, Oct 26 – The postal and logistics operator Trade House Meest Express LLC (Meest Express, Lviv) has launched air delivery from the United States to Lviv.

KYIV, Oct 26 – Ukraine, in line with an agreement with the Turkish company Bayraktar on the location of the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the country, is looking for an appropriate site for the enterprise, Deputy Prime Minister for Strategic Industries Oleh Urusky said.

KYIV, Oct 24 - I&U Group agricultural holding (formerly Agrospetsservis) will build a 6 MW biogas plant worth EUR15 million in Kirovohrad region raising an EBRD loan of EUR13 million, the press service of the EBRD has reported.