KYIV, June 22 – Ukrainian farmers will receive preferential conditions for the acquisition of farmland, the Office of the President of Ukraine said on Friday, June 19.

KYIV, June 19 – Ukrainian underground gas storage (UGS) facilities are carrying out the technical refurbishing of their equipment, which will allow the transfer to gas metering in energy units (kWh) by the end of 2020, the Ukrtransgaz's (UTG) press service said on Thursday.

KYIV, June 19 – Ukraine is ready to liberalization of the natural gas market for households, despite some unsettled issues in the sector, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Janez Kopac has said.

KYIV, June 19 – Bank of America (BofA) said the decision of the parliamentary committee to back a draft resolution the assessment of the work of Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yakiv Smolii, where it is advised to create an interim panel to investigate into activities of the leadership of the central bank is an additional risk.

KYIV, June 22 – Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has installed the first laboratory for PCR and antibody tests at Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv region).

UIA President Yevhen Dykhne said on Facebook that now the laboratory will be used to test UIA crews, however, it will also be able to provide for the needs of departing or arriving passengers, if the arrival country requires a corresponding certificate.

KIEV, June 22 - Satu Kahkonen, who has been appointed as World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, will take office on July 25.

The bank said that Qimiao Fan, who had been holding the position since February 2012, has been appointed as World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.

KIEV, June 21 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman advocates stability of Ukraine's tax system for at least three to five years.

"The first thing that should be done is to ensure stability of the tax reform during at least three or five years. One cannot change taxes every year, especially before New Year eve.

KIEV, June 22 – The state-owned Agrarian Fund and bank Ukrainian Capital are starting a joint program intended to finance agricultural producers.

The Agrarian Fund reported that UAH 400 million will be provided in the 2016-2017 agricultural year. The share of the bank should be UAH 100-200 million, and the Agrarian Fund would allocate the rest of the funds.

KIEV, June 22 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia has decided not to sign joint venture agreements anymore for gas production as production under these agreement has declined.

KIEV, June 22 – ArcelorMittal, the largest metal company in the world, has invested $1.2 billion ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (former Kryvorizhstal, Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region) and the company has no plans to sell the enterprise due to the difficult situation on the metal product markets, CEO Paramjit Kahlon said at a trade union conference held on June 11.