KYIV, Oct 26 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued a loan of $25 million to Astarta agro-industrial holding for seven years for the construction and purchase of sugar and grain storage facilities.

KYIV, Oct 26 - Eco-Optima Group has launched the Stary Sambir-2 wind power plant with an installed capacity of 20.7 MW in Lviv region, the press service of the group has told Interfax-Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 - It's unrealistic to expect to stop Russian gas transit through Ukraine in the next few years, Russian Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – A total of 82 banks removed from the market in the period when Valeriya Gontareva worked as governor of the National Bank of Ukraine were involved in money laundering or simply did not have assets, Gontareva said.

DNIPRO, Oct. 26 - Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration expects to receive UAH 1.2 billion from the European Investment Bank for the reconstruction of 50 facilities of social infrastructure in the area.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – The debt of electricity consumers serviced by public joint-stock company Kyivenergo grew by 51% (by UAH 320 million), to UAH 945 million, Kyivenergo Commercial Director Yevhen Bushma said.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – Ukraine seeks to borrow $9 billion on the foreign market in 2017, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said in an interview with Bloomberg.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – Foreign students inject $504 million a year into the Ukrainian economy, with each of the 63,000 foreign students in the country paying on average at least around $2,000 for education every year, Deputy Education and Science Minister Oleh Derevianko said at the 3rd Business and Universities national forum.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – The business community is waiting for tax reform which will ensure that tax agencies work fairly with a proper attitude to fair taxpayers and will fight against those who avoid paying taxes, the European Business Association said.

KIEV, Oct. 24 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Eastern European Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P) and the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) will provide up to EUR14 million for the modernization of the district heating system of Lutsk.