KHARKIV, Oct 24 - The first energy cooperative Soniachne Misto plans to launch a pilot project for the construction of a solar power station with a capacity of 100-150 kW at the expense of crowdfunding in Slavutych in 2019.

KYIV, Oct 24 – A range of companies of Naftogaz Ukrayiny by 2020 will spend a total of $987 million on reaching two strategic goals for the group, which is to step up natural gas extraction and secure seamless operation of the gas transportation system (GTS), procurement director of the group Orest Lohunov has announced.

KYIV, Oct 24 - The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at its meeting on October 24 approved the issue of five-year eurobonds in the amount of up to $1 billion for Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

KYIV, Oct 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has amended the rules of issuing licenses for money transfer in the national currency without opening accounts to nonbank financial institutions and the rules of revoking them.

KYIV, Oct 25 – Coal miners at the Kapustin coal mine in Pryvillia in Luhansk region have been on a strike below the surface of the earth for over a week, demanding that their wage arrears be paid out and the current management of the open JSC Lysychankvuhillia be removed from office.

KYIV, Oct 25 - The National Bank of Ukraine kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 18 percent on Thursday but warned of a possible hike further down the line if rising inflation pressures did not ease, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Oct 26 – Ukraine has stopped adding gas to its underground gas storage facilities and started withdrawing gas at the beginning of this week due to a spell of cold weather, which urged more cities to activate centralized heating systems, according to the state gas shipper Ukrtransgaz.

KYIV, Oct 26 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny warned the European Commission on Thursday about the risk of natural gas supply disruptions after Gazprom had suddenly reduced pressure in pipelines, Naftogaz said in a statement.

KYIV, Oct 26 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will issue a loan of up to $25 million to Novus Ukraine for seven years to support the expansion of the Novus supermarket chain, the EBRD press service has reported.

KYIV, Oct 26 – Grain exports by OKKO Agrotrade LLC, the agrarian business direction of Galnaftogaz concern, in the 2017/2018 marketing year (July-June) could grow by 1.5-2 times.