KYIV, June 22 – The real gross domestic product of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2021 decreased 2.2%, the State Statistics Service reported the updated estimate on Tuesday, while in the middle of May the decline was tentatively assessed at 2%.

KYIV, June 22 – The State Road Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) has placed $700 million eurobonds at 6.25% per annum, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov reported on his Facebook page.

KIEV, June 21 – The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank on June 20 endorsed the new 2017-2021 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Ukraine, according to a posting on the website of Ukraine's Finance Ministry.

KIEV, June 23 – The Deposit Guarantee Fund seeks to sell assets of 22 insolvent banks worth UAH 989.99 billion this week, the fund reported on its website.

Some UAH 646.26 million will be received from the sale of claims to loans and UAH 343.72 million from the sale of fixed assets.

KIEV, June 23 – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted for consideration the complaint of OJSC Feodosia Shipbuilding Company Morye on violation of rights of the company as a result of unlawful nationalization of its property in Crimea.

KIEV, June 22 – Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister Dmytro Labozhenko has discussed prospects of cooperation in modernization and technical refitting of state-run coal mines with a delegation of China Development Bank.

KIEV, June 22 - Interpipe Pipe and Wheel Company (Dnipro) has again complained about an acute shortage of scrap ferrous metal in Ukraine. Its shortage in May 2016 reached 74,000 tons of 20% of the need (375,000 tons).

KIEV, June 22 – The Individuals' Deposit Guarantee Fund has started seeking qualified investors for the withdrawal of insolvent Eurobank from the market, according to the fund's website.

KIEV, June 22 – A memorandum of understanding between the Ukrainian regions and the central government on the creation of a national tourism organization was signed in Kiev on Tuesday by 13 regions that have tourism associations.

KIEV, June 23 – The meeting of the supervisory board of public joint-stock company Ukrnafta scheduled for 20:00 on June 22 failed to take place due to a lack of quorum, parent company state-owned Naftogaz Ukrayiny reported.