KYIV, Feb 23 – Ukraine should consider a massive state program to capita investments into railway sector that would help increase the country’s economy by up to 3.5% annually, the chairman of the largest rail car manufacturing company said.

KYIV, Feb 23 – The international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group Metinvest predicts an increase in apparent consumption of rolled steel in the domestic market of Ukraine by 3% in 2021 compared to 2020, to 4.717 million tons from 4.580 million tons.

KYIV, Feb 23 – DT World of the United Arab Emirates will offer the Ukrainian side a roadmap for reforming, modernizing Ukrainian customs, simplifying, accelerating and improving its work, according to a posting on the website of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 24 – Prices for the sale of apartments in the secondary market in Kyiv increased by 5% by the end of 2020, and the number of offers of one- and two-room apartments increased by an average of a third, according to the analysts of OLX Real Estate.

KYIV, Feb 21 – The withdrawal of the Ukrbud Corporation from the Kyiv's housing market led to a significant redistribution of power among developers, President of UTG (Kyiv) Vadym Neposedov said.

KYIV, Feb 21 – The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Turkey's Cengiz.

The press service of Ukravtodor reported on Friday that the main area of cooperation is the development of the Ukrainian part of the international transport corridor of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, namely the Nova Kakhovka-Mariupol route.

KYIV, Feb 21 – The National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) has set a feed-in tariff for solar power plant of Bohuslavenergy LLC with a capacity of 54.2 MW (Bohuslav district of Kyiv region) in the amount of 15.03 eurocents per 1 kWh.

KYIV, Feb 24 – In 2019, Ukrainian enterprises reduced the consumption of rolled metal by 13.1% compared to the previous year, to 4.685 million tons.

According to a press release of the Ukrmetallurgprom association, 1.419 million tons, or 30.3% of the domestic metal consumption market, were imported last year.

KYIV, Feb 24 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is discussing a possibility of financing 10 projects in 2020 with Ukrainian partners from the public sector, Head of the EIB resident representation for Ukraine Jean-Erik de Zagon said.

KYIV, Feb 24 – Ukraine plans to initiate preferential agreements with the countries of North Africa, India and China, as well as with the United States in 2020, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Ukraine's Trade Representative Taras Kachka said.