KYIV, July 21 – The Swedish company IKEA, the world's largest retailer of furniture and household goods, intends to open two additional pick-up points in Kyiv, and is also doubling the capacity of its online store in Ukraine to meet the demand.

KYIV, July 21 – Nibulon (Mykolaiv), one of the largest grain traders in Ukraine, by the end of the 2020/2021 marketing year (MY, July-June) intends to export up to 6 million tons of grain against 4.9 million tons in the 2019/2020 MY, the company said.

KYIV, July 21 – Ukraine and Switzerland signed a number of bilateral agreements on Tuesday to improve trade and cooperation between the two countries, the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported.

KYIV, July 22 – Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Kyrylo Shevchenko has held his first meetings with representatives of the World Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Tuesday, the central bank said.

KYIV, July 22 - The Ukrainian government said on Wednesday it would relaunch a Eurobond issue this week after being forced to postpone a $1.75 billion sale at the start of July, when the surprise resignation of the central bank governor rattled investors.

KYIV, July 19 – Ukraine suggests not waiting until September to begin talks regarding a new contract on the transit of Russian gas on the basis of the terms set out by European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Executive Officer Yuriy Vitrenko wrote on Facebook.

KYIV, July 19 – Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of the following four Ukrainian state-owned banks at 'B-' with stable outlooks: PrivatBank, Oschadbank, Ukreximbank, and Ukrgasbank, according to a report on the agency's website.

KYIV, July 19 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with Chinese business representatives to discuss investment and the two sides made a preliminary list of joint projects with a potential investment of around $10 billion.

KYIV, July 22 – Electricity consumption in Ukraine in January-June 2019, taking into account in-process losses, increased by 0.03% (by 26.7 million kWh) compared to the same period last year, to 76.782 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, July 22 – Electricity production in the united energy system of Ukraine in January-June 2019 decreased by 0.1% (by 54.9 million kWh) compared to the same period of 2018, to 79.819 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.