KIEV, May 21 – The European Commission at the Eastern Partnership in Riga launched a new 10-year grant facility worth EUR 200 million to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova as part of the agreements on Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas.

KIEV, May 22 – Parliament has supported at first reading a draft law which exempts vehicles with electric engines from paying value added tax and excise duty until 2020.

KIEV, May 22 - Foreign investors are trying to recover UAH 170 billion from Ukraine in international courts, Deputy Justice Minister Anton Yanchuk said.

KIEV, May 24 - The international business community highly appreciates the dramatic change in customs policy which will be ushered in by the new Customs Code, and especially the reduction of customs authorities' powers, which was a big issue before, and the reduction of the number of documents required for customs clearance, the American Chamber of Commerce said.

VIENNA, May 24 – Relations between Brussels and Kiev will hopefully return to normal soon, so the Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, can be signed, European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer said.

KIEV, May 24 - Ukraine will make sure that Chevron and other foreign companies investing in the country’s shale gas sector enjoy the most favorable status, a senior official said Thursday.

KIEV, May 22 - Ukraine imported 8.547 billion cubic meters of natural gas of Russian origin in the first quarter of 2012, 52% or 9.372 bcm less year-on-year, the State Statistics Service has said.

KIEV, May 23 - Ukraine is partially refinancing a $2 billion loan from Russia's VTB Bank, the payback deadline for which is June of this year, by issuing $1 billion worth of government domestic loan bonds, Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko told journalists in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, May 24 - Russia's launch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline has deprived Ukraine of 15% of its proceeds from gas transportation across its territory, says Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

LONDON, May 24 – Ukraine's good macroeconomic indicators in early 2011 mean the country can retain good positions on the loan market, despite the delay in its gaining financing under the Stand By Arrangement from the International Monetary Fund, according to Ihor Mitiukov, a former finance minister and a Morgan Stanley Ukraine director.