KIEV, Aug. 23 -- Moody's Investors Service confirmed the B3 rating for the senior unsecured loan participation notes due 2011 issued by Azovstal Capital B.V., a Dutch special purpose vehicle.

RIGA, Aug. 23 – Dnipropetrovsk-based PrivatBank, Ukraine's biggest bank in terms of total assets, may purchase banks in Britain, China and Kazakhstan soon, PrivatBank's subsidiary in Latvia (earlier Paritate banka) has reported, with reference to the director of the Ukrainian bank's department for regional development, Maksym Yaitsky.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Companies of Donetsk-based Donbas Fuel-Energy Company (DTEK) report they increased coal extraction by 1.1% in H1 or by 79,600 tons year-on-year, to 7.59 million tons.

KIEV, Aug. 23 - Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd. and Alliance Group, Russia’s oil company, have completed the establishment of a joint venture to operate a network of approximately 150 Shell-branded retail sites in Ukraine, the companies reported Thursday.

KYIV, July 24 – The Ministry of Finance and the Deposit Guarantee Fund (DGF) on Saturday (July 22) signed a contract for the sale of 100% of the shares of the systemically important Sense Bank JSC (Kyiv, formerly Alfa-Bank) for UAH 1, according to which the bank becomes the property of the state.

KYIV, July 24 – Ireland's Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost airline, is considering resuming a small number of flights to Ukraine before the end of this year, subject to successful negotiations by Ukraine on the partial opening of airspace, the executive director of the airline, Michael O'Leary, said.

KYIV, July 25 – The international insurance group Fairfax Financial Holdings (Canada) has increased its stake in the Ukrainian agricultural holding Ovostar (Ovostar Union) to 17.499% from 10.39%, the company announced on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 25 - The growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2022 amounted to about 20-21%, said Oleksandra Betliy, a leading researcher at the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER).

KYIV, July 26 – The ICU investment group has revised Ukraine's macroeconomic forecast for 2023-24 upwards, in particular, it expects real growth in Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) this year by 5.8% with inflation of 11.2%, while in March - 2% with inflation of 15-16%.

KYIV, July 26 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has announced a default on its Eurobonds due to the government's refusal to agree on payments on them.

"The deadline for payments to holders of Naftogaz Eurobonds expired on July 26 without payment taking place," the company said in a press release published on Tuesday evening.