KYIV, Oct 23 – Ukraine, on the opening day of a new plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris, once again calls on this organization to blacklist Russia due to the further growth of risks to global financial security.

KYIV, Oct 23 – VEON Holding (Amsterdam), whose shares are traded on the NASDAQ and Euronext Amsterdam exchanges, confirmed its intention to invest $600 million in PrJSC Kyivstar, despite the situation with the seizure of the indirect share of Alfa Group co-owner Mikhail Fridman in Kyivstar, VEON Group Chief Executive Officer Kaan Terzioglu said in a letter to investors published on Friday.

KYIV, Oct 23 – The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is launching a project to develop a roadmap for Ukraine to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, said Bernardas Padegimas, head of the institute's environmental policy and strategy team.

KYIV, Oct 24 – Ukrainian banks expect continued growth in demand for lending from both businesses and households in the next four quarters, according to the results of a quarterly survey of financial institutions on lending conditions conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine.

KYIV, Oct 24 – The American International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved five new projects in Ukraine with a total value of more than $380 million aimed at supporting food security, small businesses, the healthcare system and international trade, the press service of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, Oct 24 – The mobile operator lifecell is testing the use of solar panels in the southern region for autonomous power supply of base stations.

KYIV, Oct 24 – The volume of gas that nonresidents store in Ukraine's UGS facilities in customs warehouse has increased seven times since the beginning of October, Serhiy Pereloma, Head of Ukrainian gas storage operator Ukrtransgaz, has said.

KYIV, Oct 24 – Two factories of the German company Kromberg & Schubert in Lutsk (Volyn region), producing electrical cable networks for cars of world brands, switched to diesel generators following Russian missile attacks on power assets in Ukraine.

KYIV, Oct 21 - The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) expects to sell First Kyiv Machine Building Plant, formerly known as Bilshovyk plant with massive property in downtown Kyiv, to the highest bidder on October 27, deputy head of the SPF Kostiantyn Koshelenko said.

KYIV, Oct 21 – The cost of a pilot hydrogen project of Naftogaz Ukrayiny and RWE Supply & Trading (Germany) for the production of green ammonia is tentatively estimated at EUR 500 million, head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Yuriy Vitrenko said.