KYIV, Nov 29 – The law on increasing the bank profit tax from 18% to 50% in 2023 and to 25% in subsequent years, adopted without discussion with banks, is discriminatory and has long-term negative consequences for the investment and business climate in Ukraine, Board Chairman of Raiffeisen Bank (Kyiv) Oleksandr Pysaruk said.

KYIV, Nov 28 – The demand in the suburban real estate market of Ukraine increased significantly in the fall of 2022, people are most actively looking for houses with a generator, a basement and their own well, follows from the analytics of the OLX Real Estate portal.

KYIV, Nov 26 – S&P Global Ratings Global Ratings has raised its long- and short-term issuer credit ratings on the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) to 'A/A-1' from 'A-/A-2'. The outlook is stable.

KYIV, Nov 29 - China's Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment Co. has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, demanding $4.5 billion in compensation for the violation, in its opinion, of the Sino-Ukrainian intergovernmental agreement of October 1992 on protection of the company's investment in Motor-Sich shares, the Chinese publication Global Times reported.

KYIV, Nov 26 – The new forecast power balance for 2022 by the Ministry of Energy provides for an increase in power generation by 2.5% compared to 2021, to 161 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy said on its website on Friday.

KYIV, Nov 26 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that it was possible to ensure coal supplies from the United States thanks to his agreements at the highest level in this country, while he called on private generating companies to join forces in ensuring the passage of the heating season.

KYIV, Nov 26 – The unbundling of Ukrnafta has not taken place, and currently there are no funds in the state budget to make payments to any company, including of businessman Ihor Kolomoisky, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

KYIV, Nov 26 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) and Ukrtransgaz, acting as the operator of underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in Ukraine, have joined the implementation of the H2EU + Store international project for the production of green hydrogen in Western Ukraine with its subsequent export by gas pipelines to the countries of the European Union (EU), the press service of Naftogaz reported on Friday.

KYIV, Nov 26 – The lowest price per cubic meter of natural gas in December was offered to the population of Ukraine by Megawatt company - UAH 6.22 per cubic meter, keeping it at the November level, these are results of a study of the GazPravda project.

KYIV, Nov 26 – One of the main tasks of the Energy Ministry in the short term is to pay off UAH 1.4 billion of wage arrears to miners, Acting Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko said.