KYIV, Nov 29 – Azot (Cherkasy), part of Dmytro Firtash's Group DF, has started producing new type of mineral fertilizers – a urea-ammonium mixture with sulphur, the enterprise has reported in a press release.

KIEV , Nov. 29 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will invest EUR 400 million in Ukraine in 2016, bank president Suma Chakrabarti said at a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.

KIEV, Nov. 29 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Suma Chakrabarti have discussed joint efforts to sell state-owned enterprises in Ukraine, in particular the Odessa Port-Side Chemical Plant.

KIEV , Nov. 28 - Ukraine and Turkey intend to increase goods turnover in the category of agricultural products in the coming years in view of the forthcoming agreement on a free trade area (FTA).

KIEV , Nov. 28 – A full-featured energy market is being created in Ukraine , Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

"The market is competition, including competitive prices for consumers. The creation of the full-featured energy market, growth of own gas production, introduction of energy efficiency and the increase of budget revenue received from state-run companies – all these are consequences of those decisions to recover the energy sector we are making," Groysman said on his Facebook page.

KIEV, Nov. 29 - ESTA Holding, the managing company of ESTA Group, established by CJSC System Capital Management ( SCM , Donetsk), on November 28 opened the eight-storey Central Department Store (TsUM) with a total leaseable area of 23,500 square meters after reconstruction.

KIEV, Nov. 29 – The top 20 Ukrainian banks have fulfilled obligations on recapitalization, although verification of recapitalization in one of them is still ongoing, while 12 out of the second 20 banks need additional capitalization, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Yekateryna Rozhkova said.

KIEV, Nov. 29 – Wage arrears in Ukraine in October decreased by 0.8% (by UAH 16.5 million), but since the beginning of the year increased by 4.3% and by November 1 am ounted to UAH 1.962 billion, the State Statistics Service said.

KIEV , Nov. 29 - Ukraine is preparing for restoration of financial transactions with Iran after the lifting of sanctions against that country.

KIEV, Nov. 26 - Fitch Ratings has upgraded Naftogaz Ukrayiny’s long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'CCC' from 'CC', reads a posting on the rating agency's website.