KIEV, April 21 - Ukraine??™s national agency for effective energy usage plans to commission a facility that will produce synthetic gas, or syngas, later this year, a source at the agency said Friday.

KIEV, April 22 ??“ InterRybFlot (Sevastopol), Ukraine's biggest canned fish producer, is planning to strengthen its position on the canned fish market by launching a new trademark called Aquamarine, Ruslan Kotyrlo, the company's marketing director, announced at the presentation of the new trademark in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, April 22 ??“ UkrTatNafta, Ukraine's biggest oil refinery, will stick to the limit wholesale selling prices set by the Economic Ministry for April 15 to May 1, company Chairman Serhiy Hlushko said.

KYIV, March 23 – Deputy Head of the President's Office Ihor Zhovkva noted the need to expand Ukraine's trade opportunities amid coronavirus (COVID-19) by concluding free trade agreements with foreign states and deepening cooperation with international economic organizations and regional associations, the presidential press service said.

KYIV, March 24 – In January and February 2021, Ukrnafta reduced oil and condensate production by 6.4% (16,100 tons), year-over-year, to 236,100 tons, gas by 11.8% (by 23.1 million cubic meters), to 172.6 million cubic meters.

KYIV, March 23 – Industrial production in Ukraine in February decreased by 4.6% compared to the pre-COVID February 2020, and adjusted for the effect of calendar days (last year was a leap year), the reduction was noticeably smaller - 2%, the State Statistics Service said.

KYIV, March 24 – Kernel, one of the largest Ukrainian agricultural groups, allocates UAH 55 million for the purchase of tests for rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosis.

KYIV, March 24 – Ukrtelecom together with Iskratel, the Slovenian telecommunications company, and SID Bank, the Slovenian development bank, signed a new agreement on the development of fiber-optic Internet networks (GPON) in rural zone of Ukraine, Ukrtelecom said on Monday, Mach 23.

KYIV, March 22 – The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine is concerned about the decision of the Ukrainian government to change the charter of national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny and potential consequences of the changes, the embassy reported.

KYIV, March 22 – Turkish Bayràktar TB2 tactical attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) procured for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and successfully tested on March 20 in Ukraine will be equipped with smart air bombs MAM-L made by Turkey's Roketsan, the press service of the Ukroboronprom state concern reported on Thursday.