KYIV, June 25 – The commercial real estate market of Ukraine has suffered the greatest blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, its recovery will be slow, according to the Financial Stability Report of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, June 25 – Ukraine and Hungary on Thursday resumed regional economic negotiations for the first time in seven years, signaling potentially improving relations that had stalled Kyiv’s cooperation with NATO.

KYIV, June 24 – Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) operator Ukrtransgaz (UTG) has addressed the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and European Investment Bank (EIB) with a request to revise current modernization loan agreements for Ukraine's section of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline.

KYIV, June 24 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Energy Resources Kent D. Logsdon have discussed the energy independence of Ukraine and the prospects for joint projects between the two countries at a meeting in Kyiv.

KYIV, June 21 – The National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market of Ukraine has published a plan for development of commodity markets in Ukraine, including the gas and power markets, based on the concept of energy hubs.

KYIV, June 24 – Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has signed a Memorandum with the French company "Veolia Central & Eastern Europe S.A." on cooperation in the field of solid waste management, the press service of the Kyiv city state administration has reported.

KIEV, June 23 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny will be ready to resume gas purchases from Russia's Gazprom after the implementation of the decision of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce on the contract signed by the two companies, Naftogaz head Andriy Kobolev said at a press conference in Brussels on Thursday.

KIEV, June 22 – Parliament has toughened administrative punishment for violation of road traffic regulations related to parking, stopping and waiting in the placed for handicap drivers.

KIEV, June 22 - Non-bank financial institutions increased lending by 39.4% or UAH 12.5 billion in 2016, to UAH 44.2 billion, Director General of the Financial Institutions Association (AFI) Viktoria Volkovska said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 23 – Growth in the number of newly built houses, postponed supply on the housing market and restricted demand are threatening to increase financial risks for contractors, according to a financial stability report the National Bank of Ukraine posted on its website this week.