KYIV, Dec 22 - Ukraine will be able to import daily 8 million cubic metres of gas from the European market via Hungary from January, Ukraine's state operator of gas transmission said on Wednesday after signing an agreement with the Hungarian operator FGSZ, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Dec 21 – The gas transmission system operators of Ukraine and Hungary – LLC Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) and FGSZ – on Friday signed an inter-operator agreement on points of interconnection between the countries, which will enter into force on January 1, 2020.

KYIV, Dec 23 – The Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine expects that the hryvnia exchange rate would strengthen as the agreements with Russia regarding natural gas transit were achieved.

MOSCOW, Dec 21 – Gazprom has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to Ukrainian pipeline operator for natural gas shipping services without waiting until the country’s regulator sets market-based tariffs, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said Saturday.

LONDON, Dec. 19 – Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating on Ukraine to 'CCC-' from 'CCC.'

KIEV, Dec. 22 – Ukraine and the European Investment Bank have signed an agreement on lending EUR 200 million to Ukraine under the Ukraine Early Recovery project.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is increasing its support for Ukrainian exporters and importers by increasing financing available under its Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) through Raiffeisen Bank Aval, by $80 million to $150 million.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – The National Bank of Ukraine has suggested that UAH 28 billion should be allocated from Ukraine's national budget in 2015 to recapitalize and nationalize banks.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Banks which violate capital adequacy requirements after stress testing by the National Bank of Ukraine should increase capital or undergo reorganization, otherwise they will be recognized as insolvent, according to a government-drafted bill on measures to facilitate banks' capitalization and restructuring registered in parliament on Tuesday.

KIEV, Dec. 23 - Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz said on Tuesday it had transferred $1.65 billion to Russia's Gazprom - the second tranche of a debt repayment agreed under a deal that saw Moscow resume gas supplies to Ukraine earlier this month, Reuters reported.