KYIV, Jan 23 – The State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine plans to put up the Ukraine Hotel (Kyiv) for privatization, said the head of the Fund, Vitaliy Koval.

KYIV, Jan 24 – The Ministry of Defense sent a letter to the parliamentary committee on finance, taxation and customs policy with a request to exempt the import of pickup trucks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from customs duties and payment of value added tax (VAT).

KYIV, Jan 24 – The Ministry of Finance notes the interest of foreign investors in state-owned Sense Bank and Ukrgasbank and intends to sell them during this year, Deputy Minister of Finance for European Integration Yuriy Drahanchuk said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

KYIV, Jan 24 – Austria is convinced that Ukraine should have access to the European market after June 5, 2024, Austrian Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management Norbert Totschnig has said.

KYIV, Jan 24 – At a meeting on Tuesday, the Cabinet of Ministers introduced changes to the Technical Regulations regarding the requirements for petrol, diesel, marine and boiler fuel, government representative in parliament Taras Melnychuk has said.

KYIV, Jan 25 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to keep the key policy rate at 15% per annum and expects it to decrease slightly from the second half of 2024.

"Taking into account the balance of risks, the need to safeguard exchange rate sustainability and to maintain moderate inflation in 2024, which in 2025 will be brought to its 5% ± 1 pp target range, the NBU Board decided to keep its key policy rate and other interest rates on its operations unchanged," NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy said at a briefing on Thursday.

KYIV, Jan 23 – The Supervisory Board of Naftogaz Ukrayiny has decided to give rewards to 41 employees of the company for the victory over Gazprom in the Stockholm Arbitration in full compliance with good corporate governance practices worldwide, according to a letter signed by the latest composition of Naftogaz independent members Claire Spottiswoode, Bruno Leskoeur and Ludo Van der Heyden.

KYIV, Jan 24 – The Ukrainian IT sector in 2023 will showcase its startups for the second time at the international conference South by Southwest (SXSW, Austin, Texas, the USA), Hannah Zenn, the co-director of Startup Grind Kyiv, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Jan 24 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF), which promotes the idea of combining all state assets not subject to privatization under its management, including within the Sovereign Fund, received more than 160 objects for management, including the National Investment Fund, CHPP-2 Eskhar, Ukrtorf, Ukrbud, Ukrtransbud and Ukrmontazhspetsbud.

KYIV, Jan 24 – Certification of gas storage operator Ukrtransgaz will significantly strengthen its position in the European market, says the head of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ukraine (NEURC), Kostiantyn Uschapovsky.