KYIV, Feb 23 – Ukraine has passed a critical period in the energy sector in the current heating season, avoiding restrictions on energy consumption, and has all the resources for further stable energy supply, Acting Energy Minister Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Feb 23 - Ukraine listed the former CEO of its largest bank and two other top former managers on Tuesday as suspects in an embezzlement case, the first criminal case opened in a long-running dispute over the bank whose nationalization dominates domestic politics, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Feb 23 – Ukrainian steel companies asked the government to extend the export duty on ferrous scrap in the amount of EUR 58 per ton for another five years, or even tightening restrictions on the export of scrap metal up to its complete ban to normalize the situation with the provision of this raw material to domestic enterprises.

KYIV, Feb 22 – The Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) has signed an agreement for in-line inspection services of main gas pipelines in Ukraine with ROSEN Europe B.V., a part of Swiss ROSEN Group, the company said in a press release on Monday.

KYIV, Feb 22 – CEO of Dragon Capital, President of the European Business Association Tomas Fiala estimates the group's investments in infrastructure projects in the coming years at $250-300 million: it primarily concerns industrial park projects in Kyiv and Lviv regions.

KYIV, Feb 20 – Around 100 Ukrainian representatives will take part in the MIPIM 2020, the world's leading real estate market event, on March 10-13 in Cannes (France), and first in three years the country' booth will exhibit not only Kyiv, but the regions – Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and other cities.

KYIV, Feb 20 – Ukraine in 2019 imported 11.64 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas for a total of $2.312 billion, in particular in December 359.627 million cubic meters for $69.19 million, according to the State Statistics Service.

KYIV, Feb 20 – Large and medium-sized international companies are already showing interest in building energy storage systems in Ukraine, Tetiana Milenka, the adviser to Hillmont Partners law firm, the head of energy practice.

KYIV, Feb 20 – The Council of the Entrepreneurship Development Fund has satisfied the applications of First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB, Kyiv), Kredobank and Bank Lviv (both based in Lviv) to participate in the Available Loans at 5-7-9% government program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)," the Ministry of Finance said on Facebook.

KYIV, Feb 21 – Eight Ukrainian startups, which were selected by the Ukrainian Startup Fund during a competition, received around UAH 9 million as seed and pre-seed grants from the state.