KYIV, March 22 – Ukrtatnafta has applied to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade with the request for a special investigation into the growth of volume of imported petroleum products in Ukraine.
KRAMATORSK, March 22 - Fuhrlander Windtechnology LLC intends to produce 17 wind turbines for Ukrainian wind farms in 2018, deputy director for commercial issues Yuriy Shevchenko has told reporters during a visit to Kramatorsk organized by Ecodiya (Ecoaction) and Germanwatch.
KYIV, March 22 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are extending their support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to EUR 1.15 billion, the EBRD has said in a press release.
KYIV, March 23 – Danish BankeElectromotive and Lutsk Automobile Plant No. 1 of Bogdan Motors have signed contract for engineering and production of trucks for collecting waste by municipalities of cities and towns all over the European Union.
KYIV, March 23 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) initiates the update of the package program on development of the country's financial sector until 2020 and announced the creation of a working group to update the document.
KIEV, March 23 – DTEK wants to swap $200 million eurobonds due in April 2015 for new ones due in April 2019 with a simultaneous increase in coupon rate from 9.5% to 10.375%.
KIEV, March 25 - The Ukrainian government is in talks with several potential investors from China to raise funds for the construction, energy, agriculture and infrastructure sectors.
KIEV, March 25 – Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Ukraine's long-term issuer and government debt ratings to Ca from Caa3.
The outlook remains negative, Moody's said in a statement.
"The key driver of the downgrade is the likelihood of external private creditors incurring substantial losses as a result of the government's plan to restructure the majority of its outstanding eurobonds.
KIEV, March 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine suspects about 10 banks of being involved in illegal conversion activities related to tax evasion, NBU chief Stepan Kubiv said.
