KYIV, April 25 – The reason for the increase in European grain prices is not the cost of Ukrainian grain, but the war unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky said on Tuesday speaking at a meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council via a video link.

KYIV, April 26 – Banks have improved their expectations regarding the prospects for lending: the share of respondents who expect growth in business lending has increased to pre-war levels, according to the results of a quarterly Bank Lending Survey.

KYIV, April 25 – Russian occupying forces continue to disrupt the operation of compressor stations in the recently occupied territories, which threatens gas transit to the EU, Yuriy Vitrenko, the chairman of the board of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said.

KYIV, April 25 – About 23% of Ukrainian retailers' outlets are closed, most of the non-operating facilities are in the entertainment segment, according to a survey by the Association of Retailers of Ukraine.

KYIV, April 25 – Kovalska Industrial and Construction Group is resuming the operation of production lines at three plants in Kyiv, a quarry in Zhytomyr region and a construction hub in Lviv region.

KYIV, April 25 - Energoatom has received a special permit from the State Nuclear Regulatory Commission to commission the centralized spent nuclear fuel storage facility, the company said on Monday.

KYIV, April 23 – It may take at least a year to launch the production of vaccines against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ukraine, even with the help of the technology transfer mechanism, Executive Director of the Farmak pharmaceutical company (Kyiv) Volodymyr Kostiuk said.

KYIV, April 23 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in its updated inflation statements released on its website has downgraded the estimate of the decline in Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2021 to 1.5% from 0.1% in the January financial statements.

KYIV, April 23 – Ukraine’s economy will grow faster in 2021 and 2022 than has been previously expected as the country is recovering from COVID-19, the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture reported.

KYIV, April 23 – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine together with the International Labor Organization (ILO) presented a new joint pilot project called "Economic Empowerment of Women as a Response to the COVID-19 Crisis in Ukraine," the communications department of the UNDP in Ukraine said.