KYIV, Aug 22 – The amendments into a resolution on public service obligations (PSO) introduced by the Cabinet of Ministers will help dropping electricity prices for non-domestic consumers by 10%-11% starting from September 1, presidential representative in the government Andriy Gerus said.

KYIV, Aug 22 – Skyrizon Aircraft, a Chinese private company, and Xinwei Technology Group in terms of seeking of over 50% of PJSC Motor Sich (Zaporizhia), undertook social and production obligations, including saving of jobs and salaries and ensuring orders on the proper for the plant level, a source in the government told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 22 – The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) in Ukraine rose to 88.0 in July, which is 5.5 points higher, than the indicator in June, and the highest figure since August 2013, according to a study of Info Sapiens posted on the website of the company.

KYIV, Aug 22 – Ukraine will seek to reduce and eventually eliminate its dependence on foreign borrowing during the next 10 years, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 21 - KTD Group, which produces household appliances in Ukraine under the trademarks Saturn, ST and Laretti, intends by the end of this year to launch production of refrigerators with the plan to bring it to the capacity of about 300,000 units, the company said.

KYIV, Aug 21 - Cherkasy Azot, Rivneazot and Severodonetsk Azot from Ostchem Holding, owned by billionaire Dmytro Firtash, accused state-owned Ukrzaliznytsia of sabotage by not providing railway cars.

KYIV, Aug 22 - Mykolaiv-based Okean Shipyard's property has been put up for sale at a starting price of UAH 1.818 billion in accordance with the law on restoring a debtor's solvency or declaring it bankrupt, appointed liquidator Iryna Serbin has said.

KYIV, Aug 22 - Ukraine's Finance Ministry predicts payments on Ukraine's GDP-linked warrants, also known as Value Recovery Instruments (VRIs), which were issued as part of debt restructuring in 2015, are unlikely possible in the medium-term outlook.

KYIV, Aug 21 - The share of cashless payments using cards decreased from 38.4% as of late March to 38.1% as of late June, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported on its website.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry following the Economic Development and Trade Ministry has proposed to increase minimum prices of alcohol to the medium level seen on the market of legal producers, wholesale and retail companies.