KYIV, March 21 – Uber has launched the Uber Green service in Ukraine.

"We start with 200 cars, completely electric, not hybrid ones. And of course, this is just the beginning. We expect that by the end of April, 10,000 Kyiv residents will take advantage of Uber Green," a representative of the company said at a press conference devoted to the launch of the service in Kyiv on Thursday.

KYIV, March 21 – State enterprise Nuclear Fuel plans to increase uranium ore production at Novokostiantynivska mine (Kirovohrad region) by 2.5 times, to 500,000 tons per year, which, in turn, will allow doubling production of uranium oxide by 2021, to 701 tons/year, the press service of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has reported.

KYIV, March 21 – The Ukrainian state-owned enterprise Makarov Pivdenny Machine Building Plant Pivdenmash (Yuzhmash, Dnipro) does not have official information regarding the possible severance of a contract which was concluded with S7 Sea Launch in 2017 for the production of Zenit launch vehicles (LV) to resume launches from the Sea Launch maritime launch platform, the plant reported.

KYIV, March 21 – The real gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in 2018 grew by 3.3% after raising by 2.5% in 2017 and by 2.4% in 2016, the State Statistics Service has stated.

KIEV, March 24 – Ukrainian Sea Port Authority and M.V. Cargo have signed an agreement on the realization of two partnership projects on building a grain terminal at the Yuzhny seaport.

KIEV, March 23 - Kiev plans to upgrade transport infrastructure in 2016-2018, spending about UAH 25.6 billion on this purpose.

Upgrades are contained in the action plan for 2016-2018 on implementing the strategy of Kiev's development until 2025, which is stipulated in order No. 100 of Kiev City State Administration, dated February 26 and published in the Khreschatyk newspaper on March 23.

KIEV, March 23 – Losses of solvent Ukrainian banks as of March 1 amounted to UAH 1.971 billion, up from January's UAH 890 million, the National Bank of Ukraine reported on its website.

KIEV, March 23 – President Petro Poroshenko says that the privatization of PJSC Turboatom turbine manufacturer is untimely at the moment, but should it happen, it would have to be transparent, fair and open.

KIEV, March 24 - The pretrial financial readjustment proposed by top managers of public joint-stock company Ukrnafta intended to solve the company's financial problems will not bring the desired outcome, the A-95 consulting group said.

KIEV, March 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine has left Ukraine's GDP growth forecast at around 1% for 2016.

"The NBU anticipates that economic growth will continue restoring in 2016, but it will be rather moderate – around 1%," the central bank said.