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.

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.