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.

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.