KYIV, Sept 22 - The Ukrainian government has confirmed its intention to sell United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) this year, the corresponding paragraph is contained in its revised Priority Action Plan for 2020, approved by resolution No. 1133 dated September 9 and published on the government website.

KYIV, Sept 22 - Ukraine’s economy will probably contract 5.5% on the year in 2020, which is better than 7.2% contraction seen previously, according to the latest forecast from Dragon Capital investment bank.

KYIV, Sept 23 - President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree on urgent measures to stabilize the situation in the energy sector and further develop nuclear energy, the press service of the President's Office said.

LVIV, Sept 20 – Nova Poshta has opened an innovative sorting terminal in Lviv, the Interfax-Ukraine agency has reported.

The area of the terminal, the construction of which took almost a year and a half, is about 15,000 square meters.

KYIV, Sept 20 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has calculated tariffs for transit shipments of Russian natural gas to Europe through the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS), depending on transit volumes booked for the next five years, the company's press service told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Turkey showed interest in the Ukrainian An-178 aircraft, this issue was discussed at a meeting of Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov and Interior Minister of Turkey Süleyman Soylu.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Director General of state-owned Concern Ukroboronprom Aivaras Abromavicius supports the creation of a state holding that would unite large strategic state-owned companies, and considers it possible to integrate Ukroboronprom into its structural system.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Businesses plan their 2020 budgets with the forex trade set at UAH 28 per U.S. dollar, according to the "Global Outlook" study by the European Business Association (EBA).

KIEV, Sept. 22 – Ukraine's real GDP in 2015 will fall by 12% with inflation of 50.8% as of late 2015, according to the revised macroeconomic forecast published by the World Bank in its report on the Second Programmatic Financial Sector Development Policy Loan.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – The loss of operating Ukrainian banks in January-August totaled UAH 47.902 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine said on its website.