KYIV, Dec 21 – The European Business Association (EBA) together with EY Ukraine has conducted a new wave of the Tax Index for the second-third quarters of 2020 interviewing 91 tax and financial experts from EBA member companies that results in 2.90 points out of 5 possible (2.95 in the previous period). It means that the integrated index continues to remain in the negative area.

KYIV, Dec 21 - The fall in the gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in July-September amounted to 3.5% compared to the same period in 2019, the State Statistics Service confirmed its preliminary assessment, published in mid-November.

KYIV, Dec 22 - The share of alternative energy in the overall structure of electricity generation in the country by the end of 2020 may increase by 2.1%, to 13%, the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving predicts.

MOSCOW, Dec 22 - Russian gas group Gazprom has raised its additional transportation capacity requests for gas exports to Europe through Ukraine in January, based on trading platform data, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Dec 22 – President Volodymyr Zelensky signed decree No. 582/2020 on the Council for promotion of small business development and approved its position, the presidential press service said on Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec 18 – The Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (UABio) opposes the reduction of a feed-in tariff for electricity generated from biomass and biogas, the press service of UABio reported Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec 19 – The state nuclear power generator Energoatom, jointly with the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, will work on the extension of the operating life of reactor five of Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP) in 2020.

KYIV, Dec 19 – The German-Ukrainian Fund (GUF) jointly with financial partners – OTP Leasing, Oschadbank and Ukrgasbank – has started implementing the FinancEast program to finance investment projects of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

KYIV, Dec 19 – The growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in Ukraine in July-September 2019 was 4.1% year-over-year, whereas the pace of growth in the second quarter was higher (4.6%) and that in the first quarter was lower (2.5%).

KYIV, Dec 20 – The Cabinet of Ministers will finance all secured budget outlays in full, including pensions, salaries and all social benefits, and also finance all commitments for which the assignments have already been approved, according to a posting on the official website of the government on Thursday.