KYIV, Aug 26 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny wants long-term capacity bookings of the Ukrainian gas transmission system by European companies this autumn but is ready to prolong the current agreement with Gazprom after its expiry in 2024, Naftogaz Ukrayiny CEO Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Aug 22 - The National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) has opposed increasing the installed capacity of solar and wind power plants installed by households, according to the proposals of the regulator to the draft law on feed-in tariffs.

KYIV, Aug 22 - The United States is interested in building up cooperation with Ukraine in the aerospace sector, the plans of the American side include, among other things, investments in the joint creation of aircraft in Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly has said.

KYIV, Aug 22 – Ukraine's government has approved an intergovernmental agreement on military technical cooperation (MTC) with Qatar.

The draft of a respective cabinet decision was approved at a government meeting on Wednesday without discussion.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors announced it has approved a $500 million IBRD loan to finance the Second Multi-Sector Development Policy Operation in Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Turnover of imported cargo shipments by rail to Ukraine in 2015 is projected at 19.336 billion ton-kilometers, which is 2.1% up on 2014 and the largest total since 1996.

According to an explanatory note to the financial plan of Ukrainian railways for 2015, which has been posted on the Infrastructure Ministry's website, the key goods that will be imported to Ukraine are coal, fuel and ore.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Prices of fertilizers in Ukraine are 26-74% higher than global prices due to artificially created restrictions, Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius wrote on his Twitter page.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The National Bank of Ukraine has announced that on July 1 it bought around 70,000 troy ounces of gold or around 2.2 tons.

The central bank said that its official gold reserve has been returned to the level of October 2014 – 0.84 million troy ounces or around 26.1 tons.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The Ukrainian government has called for Parliament to give the green light to the privatization of up to 40% of state-owned EnergoAtom nuclear power generation company and Zorya-Mashproekt gas turbine manufacturer if the National Security and Defense Council and the Cabinet of Ministers take corresponding decisions.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Fitch Ratings has downgraded Ukraine's Long-term local currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'CCC' from 'B-' and affirmed its Long-term foreign currency IDR at 'CCC'.