KYIV, Oct 25 – In January-September 2021, biggest polluting companies inflicted losses on the environment in the amount of over UAH 2 billion, half of which was caused to land resources, the State Environmental Inspectorate said on its website on Monday.

KYIV, Oct 25 - Ukraine will begin to lose GDP at the average annual price of imported gas above $ 900/1,000 cubic meters, First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy Oleksiy Liubchenko has said.

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.