ODESA, Sept 20 - Ukraine needs foreign direct investment (FDI) to provide stable growth, and one of the fastest instruments for attracting at least $15-20 billion could be the offer of state-owned agricultural land estimated at 10 million hectares, Managing Partner of ICU Investment Group Makar Paseniuk has stated.

KYIV, Sept 21 - Clearstream international settlement depository plans to open foreign investors access to Ukraine's government domestic loan bonds in the first quarter of 2019.

KYIV, Sept 21 - The committee for supervision and regulation of banks' operations, oversight of payment systems of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to refuse the acquisition of a significant participation in PJSC Sberbank (Kyiv) through Paritetbank (Belarus) in the amount of 100% of its charter capital.

KYIV, Sept 24 – Several companies and banks are designing a mobile application for buying government domestic loan bonds, Head of the Depositary Operations Department of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Andriy Suprun said.

KYIV, Sept 24 - DTEK Energy has entered into an agreement with a lender on the long-term restructuring of its obligations, the energy holding said on Euronext Dublin, Ireland's main stock exchange, on September 21.

KYIV, Sept 24 - Ukraine has raised natural gas reserves in its underground storage facilities (UGS) by 8.374 billion cubic meters (bcm) after the end of the heating season, JSC Ukrtransgaz has said.

KYIV, Sept 24 – Ukraine's GDP in 2018 is expected to grow by 3.1% amid 9.5% inflation (December over December) and the growth is expected to slightly slow in 2019 to 3.0% amid 7.4% inflation, according to an updated consensus forecast released by Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade on Monday.

KYIV, Sept 25 – The cost of the completion of the Darnytsky Bridge in Kyiv is around EUR 30 million, and the bridge should be transferred to the balance sheet of the Kyiv City Administration, Deputy Infrastructure Minister Viktor Dovhan said during the public business discussion entitled "Investing in Transport Infrastructure of Ukraine: Opportunities, Challenges, Solutions" held in Kyiv on Monday.

KYIV, Sept 25 – Germany could finance construction of the Mariupol-Zaporizhia highway, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.

KYIV, Sept 25 – The sunflower seed crushing facilities in Ukraine in the new season could reach 22 million tons a year, and seed production would be 14-15 million tons, the UkrAgroConsult analytical agency has said in a report.