KYIV, Nov 25 – The Ministry of Infrastructure is preparing new public private partnership (PPP) projects to build infrastructure across the country.

The Ministry of Infrastructure said Tuesday it picked Ernst & Young LLC to select advisors to prepare a feasibility study and tender documentation for a new concession project in the port of Chornomorsk in Odesa region.

KYIV, Nov 22 – Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has signed two documents for the total amount of EUR 900 million in relation to the project of co-financing construction of Ukrainian roads by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

KYIV, Nov 22 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the government of Ukraine in London on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding on the projects to finance the rehabilitation of the M05 Kyiv-Odesa road in Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions of 314 km long as well as the construction of a northern section of the bypass around the city of Lviv of 23 km long.

KYIV, Nov 22 – Six companies have bought access to 1.1 GW of interstate network carrying capacity for importing electricity from the Russian Federation to Ukraine in December, according to information on the website of Ukrenergo.

KYIV, Nov 22 – The National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) has approved the preliminary decision on certification of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (TSO of Ukraine).

KYIV, Nov 25 – MTS signed a legally binding agreement with Telco Solutions and Investments LLC, being under control of Azerbaijan's Bakcell telecom company, which in turn is incorporated in NEQSOL Holding, on the sale of MTS business in Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 25 – Moody's Investors Service changed the outlook on the Government of Ukraine's ratings to positive from stable. At the same time, Ukraine's long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings have been affirmed at Caa1.

KYIV, Nov. 25 - Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz has pledged to press on with talks on gas transit with Russian gas exporter Gazprom and the European Union, Reuters reported citing a senior Naftogaz official said on Monday.

KYIV, Nov 22 – Over a half of Ukrainians prefer buying household appliances online, and only one third of consumers buy clothes and shoes online, according to a study conducted by IPSOS and ordered by Google Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 22 - Coal mining enterprises of Ukraine in January-October 2018 reduced extraction of coal by 4.1% (by 1.189 million tons) compared to the same period in 2017, to 27.688 million tons.