KYIV, April 24 – Transmission system operators of Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Moldova have preliminarily approved the distribution of functions for holding auctions for cross-border trade with electricity, the press service of national energy company Ukrenergo.

KYIV, April 24 – The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the requirement for sending part of net profit of state-owned enterprises (SOE) to the national budget for 2019 from 75% to 90%, and annulled the decreased requirements for separate enterprises.

KYIV, April 24 – Norway's NBT and France's Total Eren have finalized an agreement on the second phase of the project financing of construction of the 250 MW Syvash wind farm (Kherson region) in the amount of EUR 107.6 million, INTEGRITES law firm, which advised the companies, has said in a press release.

KYIV, April 25 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans in 2019 to increase the volume of investment in the Ukrainian economy to $1 billion, head of the Ukrainian office of the EBRD Marina Petrov stated.

"The $500 million that we invested last year was not bad at all.

KYIV, April 26 - The total assessment of labor migrants from Ukraine for 2015-2017 is four million people, economist at Ukraine's Center for Economic Strategy Yulia Ruda said.

KYIV, April 25 - Nestle, one of the world's largest food producers, intends to invest about UAH 390 million in Ukraine in 2018, Nestle Director for Ukraine and Moldova Ansgar Bornemann said.

KYIV, April 25 - Ukrainian banks maintain positive expectations regarding the growth of corporate lending, as well as lending to the population over the next 12 months, according to the Survey on Credit Conditions posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, April 25 – About 2 million Ukrainians work in Poland, and the need for foreign workers will only grow, Chairman of the Polish-Ukrainian Economic Chamber, former Polish Economy Minister Jacek Piechota said.

KYIV, April 25 – The European Union is designing a new investment program for Ukraine entitled "Reform Contract for Investment," European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn said.

KYIV, April 26 – The occupancy of the most popular hotels in Kyiv for the period of the UEFA Champions League final reaches 100%, while prices exceed the usual tariffs by 5-10 times, analysts said.