KYIV, July 23 – New modern automated systems to detect radioactive substances and nuclear materials have been installed at the Velyka Pysarivka and Mykolayivka checkpoints on the border with the Russian Federation and at the Starokozache checkpoint on the border with Moldova.

KYIV, July 23 – The number of agrarian holdings in Ukraine declined from 93 to 85 in 2018, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UAC) has said.

According to the report, the aggregate land bank, which is processed by agroholdings, also decreased from 5.95 million hectares in 2017 to 5.62 million hectares in 2018. However, according to the association, it is more representative that the land bank of 15 largest companies also decreased from 3.3 million hectares in 2017 to 3.2 million hectares in 2018.

KYIV, July 23 – Ukrtransgaz by the end of July will fully pay for natural gas for industrial and technological needs supplied by Axpo Ukraine LLC in May-June.

KYIV, July 23 – Industrial production in Ukraine in June 2019 decreased by 2.3% compared with June 2018, after growing in May by 1.6%, April by 5.2%, in March by 2.1% , Ukraine's State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 23 – A delegation from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade presented proposals for the text of a future World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on e-commerce, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported on the results of a meeting of co-authors of a joint statement by WTO members in Geneva on July 15-17.

KYIV, July 24 – The Big Three mobile operators (Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine and lifecell) have declared the Ukrainian subsidiary of the Chinese company Huawei the winner of the tender to find a contractor for the construction of a 4G network in Kyiv Metropoliten.

KYIV, July 24 – Ukrtransnafta has transferred 100% of its net profit in the amount of UAH 1.463 billion for 2018 in dividends to Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

The press service of the company said last year the company also sent 100% of its net profit for 2017 in the amount of UAH 2.139 billion to pay dividends.

KYIV, July 24 – The final price of gas for households in August compared to July will drop by at least 5.5% and will not exceed UAH 4,640 per 1,000 cubic meters (excluding VAT), the press service of the government has reported, with reference to Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.

KYIV, July 24 – Ukraine has received EUR 3.3 billion in investment in renewable energy since 2014, according to Kostiantyn Hura, the adviser to the chairman of the State Agency of Ukraine on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving for international cooperation.

KYIV, July 23 - Power generation in the united energy system of Ukraine in January-June 2018 increased by 1.9% compared to the same period in 2017, to 79.873 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.